Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He is physically well-built. His blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He worked as a nervous Soapmaker and found it very stressful. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. His ears are large.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 400 sp. Rock crystal (40 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is dressed in an above average manner. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length blue hair. Her eyes are likewise red.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He has no hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and tan handkerchief worn on her left side. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She became a Barrister soon after.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 320 gp. Amethyst (160 gp).

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She usually wears her brown robe and has her glaive always slung over her shoulder. Her red fur is greasy and uncared for. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. In her 19th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 6000 cp. Malachite (7 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His gray fur is smooth and relatively long. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 26. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. 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: Wants to raise his children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She typically wears violet cloth garments or leather armor. Her auburn hair is long and unkept. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Valanthe grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Valanthe. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His hair is white and curly. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Mason. He has achieved small success as a Mason.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Persistence, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 130 gp. Carnelian (60 gp). 1 Banded mail.