Description: This younger middle-aged man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His red hair is heavily combed to the right. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Vanuath alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: In love, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs and is in decent physical shape. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Beggar. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. 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's also a talented Barrister, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She keeps her auburn hair in a flapper bob. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Valanthe grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She came across an abandoned tomb where she found a relic that called out to her. After picking it up she was cursed by a spirit.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 700 sp. Banded agate (10 gp). 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears a red coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed red hat.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Joker, Impeccable. Bonds: Family, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She wears her white hair down. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Fortune-teller. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Fortune-teller for the past few years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Malquis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She wears professional attire. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has done her best to style her rusty crest to look like a famous performer. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Detective but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His blonde hair is long and unkept. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Jeweler business.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 170 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp).