Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 4'1" and tends to wear a grey poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born in the west. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To end her boredom.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has dyed her greying red crest a little too much giving a sharp red color. Her eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: The child of a Bowyer, who enjoyed hunting, Jaxi was taken on many hunting expeditions. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Jaxi took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up greataxe and armor she uses now. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'10". She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with grey colored cloaks and clothing. She has no hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Geva enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 140 gp. Moonstone (20 gp). 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a red and white handkerchief worn on his left side. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His tied-back hair is auburn. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Ombul is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. 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: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Religious, In love, Slave. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Ahlyssa was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ahlyssa fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a grey wide-brimmed hat and grey clothes. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His ears are large.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Painter. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Born in the north to a Painter, Erias learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Being a Painter kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military, Nature, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is short and chestnut. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Bookbinder but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Mentor, In love. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This northern woman wears suspenders and yellow workpants. Her shirt is blue, and she wears a heavy yellow leather apron most of the time. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her white hair is still thick. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her feathered yellow hat.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He is dressed in a clean green cloak covering his clean studded leather. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Kairon was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 6000 cp.