Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears long strands of ruby and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the south. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Actor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 7000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This dark-skinned female wears silk and lounges about seductively. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has wavy chestnut hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the south were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is content; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He is physically well-built. His dark red hair is still thick. This black eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. After months of barely getting by, Zepar managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Terse, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 130 pp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Irann was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (4 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his ceremonial dagger with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He keeps his long lavender fur kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are yellow and beady.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Flame was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. 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: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Religious. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Disguise kit. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and white handkerchief worn on his right side. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has blue eyes and a grey hat with a white feather.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Secretive. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. Her hair is white and very short. Her ears are large.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Vorka will drive conversation. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Vorka was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. His brown hair is braided into rings. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He tends to his Soapmaker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new soapmaker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears skinny pants and wears a black and brown robe with the hood down. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Sculptor arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 gp.