Description: This western woman has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears her chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Birel was born on a far western plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Fletcher. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He carries a battered axe and tarnished rapier as well. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Theriatis was born the youngest of three triplets. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Elves in Theriatis's homeland. Theriatis decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He prefers to wear flannel. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive, Secretive. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. He is portly but not overly obese. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. He has blue eyes and a tan hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born in the west to a Merchant, Eldon learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new merchant responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Lazy, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears a colorful flower in his purple hair. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Iados was born with his mother's beautiful face. 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 hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Amber (150 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he dresses like a well dressed Assassin does. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

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

Flaws: Lazy, Fearful, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Bloodstone (60 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is dressed in a clean yellow cloak covering his clean studded leather. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Hugh was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She stands about 6'1" and is wearing a long, black cloak. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her white hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Bellfounder. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a brown shirt with thin red vertical stripes and green pants. Her black hair is braided into rings. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Sarah grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Sarah liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 800 sp. Chrysoberyl (120 gp).