Description: An older woman who wears a brown vest and prefers black and blue shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, she is not a threatening figure. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Debt. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1200 sp. Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). 1 Thunderstones. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 6'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. He has shaved his head bald. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 13000 cp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 6'3". She wears a black tunic with white highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around her shoes, and her gloved hand is found clutching a longbow. Her tied-back hair is silver. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A freak accident while working with her Cook mother left her crippled. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Mundane. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 600 sp. Tourmaline (50 gp). Coral (50 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, grey shirt, and red tie. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Frouse is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He got into the Masseuse business at a young age. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Extrovert, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and is pretty ugly. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a Apothecary first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her childhood dream was to be a Layabout, but she was a colossal failure. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Forgetful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Coral (70 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He carries with him a set of crossbows, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His black hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Garl fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Military. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. The war was a terrible time for her, and Pearl does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Pearl fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Slave, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 600 sp. Jade (60 gp).