Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature whip.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 4000 cp. Freshwater pearl (5 gp).

Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her quarterstaff, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. She has a very tight haircut. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

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 family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered west to less war torn lands. 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: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 50 gp. Freshwater pearl (15 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Murgen will drive conversation. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. 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.

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 80 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He is physically well-built. His black fur is braided into rings. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Flame was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His first spouse was a Soapmaker, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Violet garnet (700 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Azurite (16 gp).

Description: 5'0" and muscular, this northern woman wears skinny pants and wears a grey and tan robe with the hood down. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: This late middle aged man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull pastel iron scale mail and is in decent physical shape. His dark red hair is braided into rings. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Insane, Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: An older man who wears light armors faded through time and improper care, he is not a threatening figure. His crest is scarlet and curly. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Spy but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is greedy

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has wavy red hair. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. His childhood dream was to be a Spy, but he was a colossal failure. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To protect his home; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job, Enemies, Guardian. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 5000 cp.