Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp).

Description: This light-skinned male is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Merchant. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His hair is auburn and curly. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Merchant but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Passionate, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. She carries with her a set of shortspears on her belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She wears her gold crest up. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Mortician business.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. 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. Surina fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. Her silver hair is singed and shortened. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Alex is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Slave Trader arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears long strands of ruby and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She keeps her chestnut hair in a flapper bob. She has green eyes and a brown hat with a grey feather.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She got into the Gardener business at a young age. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job, Nature. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Chalcedony (60 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she has a large violet mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her tan robe. Her red hair is matted, messy, and big. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her broad violet hat.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and expand her business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

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

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. His hair is red and very short. He has a dull look in his white eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Amnon has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned male is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's in love; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Half-Plate.