Description: He is a husky man, who dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a black coat with yellow slacks. His beige fur is singed and shortened. His eyes are a pleasant copper.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Guard born in the past three hundred years. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His childhood dream was to be a Banker, but he was a colossal failure. He has worked as a Guard like his mother before him.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Ernest was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ernest fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Poor, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: 6'3" and muscular, this western man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. He wears his blonde hair up. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Thokk was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He's in love.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Professionalism, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a yellow collared shirt and green skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has a long silver ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. 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: Mary was born the youngest of three triplets. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She prefers to wear white clothing when she does not wear armor. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Through the years after Pennie was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Pennie's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She's also a talented Dyer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 70 pp. Silver pearl (130 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). 1 Holy water. 2 Thunderstones.

Description: She stands about 6'1" and wears a black vest and prefers white and blue shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her golden hair is lengthy. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Lezre and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears a tan shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and tan pants. Her blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is a great chef.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Through the years after Tana was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Tana's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She's also a talented Map Maker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a map maker again

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, green shirt, and grey tie, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'2" when asserting herself. Her hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Maiathah is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Optimist, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She wears baggy white pantaloons and a black scarf, and she perpetually has her scimitar ready. With bright red hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

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. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Banded mail.