Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Ruler. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She found a children's book about a Halfling Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

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

Possessions: 1700 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A 2'10" western man, he prefers to wear red clothing when he does not wear armor. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: The child of a Ruler, who enjoyed hunting, Ghaliver was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, and is pretty ugly. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Paymon enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 10 pp. Golden pearl (110 gp).

Description: She stands about 6'7" and wears a black deerstalker hat and black clothes. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She keeps her red crest in a pixie cut. Her ears are large.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is her passion; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 60 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a blue tunic with black highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Qualen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and expand his business

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Jet (50 gp).

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a monstrous two handed axe on her belt. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly monstrous two handed axes and greataxes. She keeps her long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. 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, Nedda is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Nedda hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Nedda was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Nedda decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nedda fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 120 pp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'2". She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the south. After coming to the age of reason, Shava took it upon herself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This tall, slender woman likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Fortune-teller arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and revenge

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a green costume with the symbols of death on her torso. Her copper crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist, Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 100 sp.