Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a white vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her white boots flare out at the collars, and is pretty ugly. She keeps her long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a tan costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She got into the Apothecary business at a young age. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is greedy

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A 5'6" western woman, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull white iron scale mail. Her brown hair is braided into rings. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

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. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a green cloak and cross-gartered pastel stockings. His hair is brown and curly. His eyes are likewise silver. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Bellfounder who has hired him part-time. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Cartwright. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Mentor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 2000 sp. Jasper (80 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a hand crossbow, but if one is not available he will default to his nunchaku. He is physically well-built. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull tan iron scale mail. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He got into the Detective business at a young age. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Halfling companion (his 'brother'). He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and doesn't want to be a detective and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her white hair is wavy and long. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her broad yellow hat.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He wears dull brown sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed shortspear, just in case. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. Peter was born on a far eastern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Priest. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

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

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is silver and curly. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Cook arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 sp.