Description: This woman is very fat, and wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. Her golden hair is singed and shortened. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her top white hat.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Pennie was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Pennie decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Bowyer kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 300 sp. Jasper (20 gp).

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak. His black hair is thinning but still full. His ears are large.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Fortune-teller. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Nature, Family, In love. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a green shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and tan pants and is in decent physical shape. He keeps his long dark red hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Ruler arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Ruler.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and balancing his hectic life and new ruler responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His hair is cut close to his head. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Ralf embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

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 hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 60 gp. Banded agate (12 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner and is in decent physical shape. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her head has been shaved. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Emeny will drive conversation. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Gifted from a young age, Emeny studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Emeny took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 60 gp. Amethyst (50 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a grey vest and prefers white and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His brown hair is still thick. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Tourmaline (80 gp).

Description: He wears a white tunic with tan highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes, and he perpetually has his shortbow ready. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has amber eyes and a white hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born into a rich family. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Halflings in Kelter's homeland. Kelter decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Beggar responsibilities is difficult; and to be a cartwright again

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He got into the Adventurer business at a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Adventurer. He tends to his Adventurer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to be a bellfounder again

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 110 gp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp).