Description: This tall, slender man wears long strands of jet and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His fierce black eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Merchant. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Valafar was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a dyer again

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat, and is pretty ugly. Her green crest is knotted and matted. Her gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Ruloth was born the youngest of three triplets. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Miner hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 800 sp. Malachite (12 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak. He wears his white hair down. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He got into the Assassin business at a young age. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is a great chef.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Vassago was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Vassago fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 380 gp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Jade (140 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Obsidian (15 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a white coat with yellow slacks. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: She's in love; and to reunite with her absent father

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Poor, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 600 sp. A roughly beaten golden orb (110 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her black hair is still thick. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She has all her life been fascinated with dancing.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Roywyn alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Roywyn was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her hair is auburn and curly. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Hatae is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 70 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down and is in decent physical shape. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length blonde hair. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Balimaar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Orc companion (his 'brother'). He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 120 gp.