Description: Standing 5'9", this man wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Laborer. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born to a Dilettante, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Laborer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Laborer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Laborer for the past few years.

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

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This man wears tattered old clothes. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his right hand. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. 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: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Leucis liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, Nature. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Healer responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 100 gp. Pink pearl (120 gp).

Description: He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered black stockings, and he perpetually has his greataxe ready. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. 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 shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'2" and wears a simple tan robe with green stripes complete with hood. With wild brown hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Cynical, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 5000 cp. Pink pearl (70 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. Her chestnut hair is wavy and long. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Susannah is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Susannah was born with her father's beautiful face. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She's also a talented Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and revenge

Bonds: Nature, Family, Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This light-skinned female wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Born to a Beggar, her mother struggled to pay the bills. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears dull grey sweaters, loose yellow pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed longbow, just in case, and is pretty ugly. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. She has green eyes.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away; and she is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a black shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and tan pants. Her crest is short and black. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Flaws: Disease, Secretive, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 120 gp. Silver pearl (80 gp).