Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is chestnut and curly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. 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 has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Justice, Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He wears his gray fur down. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Fisher profession.

History: He was born in the east. He worked as a nervous Brewer and found it very stressful. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is wearing a tight blue one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, and is pretty ugly. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Menny grew up listening to her father's many stories. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Menny has worked very hard to control her curse. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears long strands of ruby and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has moderate length silver hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 100. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. While she appears to be a normal Dwarf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insane, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 500 sp. Chalcedony (40 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Spice Merchant. She has moderate length black hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Birel embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born in the south. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Elven conditions. She has achieved small success as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his halberd with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears his black hair down. His ears are large.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. 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: Born to a Guard, his father struggled to pay the bills. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the east were limited. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears bulky black painted plate armor. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Born in the north to a Healer, Synthrin learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Fisher. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Healer responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears baggy violet pantaloons and a black scarf and is in decent physical shape. Her black hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and to unite with her brother

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 130 gp. Iolite (70 gp).

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has moderate length black hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Mardred was born with her mother's beautiful face. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Jet (160 gp).