Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He tends to wear a large brown jacket. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. 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 born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He dropped out of school to support his sick father, and resented it. 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: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 900 sp. Red garnet (40 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is dark but he possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. He is typically in his Tanner uniform. He has no hair. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Tanner.

Motivation: To be a Priest again; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, In love, Nature. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a white vest and prefers brown and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Interpreter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Rich, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 90 gp. Citrine (20 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length white crest. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She wears a white broad hat and white clothes. She wears a colorful flower in her blonde hair. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: Standing 3'3", this man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. A true patriot, Frouse would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. 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. Frouse fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Military, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 150 gp. Brown-green garnet (40 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he usually wears his white robe and has his greataxe always slung over his shoulder. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Zâthra was born the youngest of three triplets. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a grey coat. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her golden hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Jeweler again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 100 sp. Onyx (80 gp).

Description: A 5'3" western woman, she wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 900 sp. Smoky quartz (50 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp).