Description: Standing 6'1", this man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has red hair. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 west. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length red hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Expand her business; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Deep green spinel (120 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). 4 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Holy water. 3 Thunderstones.

Description: He stands about 6'2" and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His silver eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Tanner born in the past three hundred years. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Born in the south to a Tanner, Thamuz learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, In love. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and carries crossbows. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Thorpe was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Thorpe fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is content

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1600 sp. Obsidian (14 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 5'5" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a brown collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a yellow scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her white fur has been sun bleached extensively. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Gifted, Professionalism. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 130 gp. White pearl (160 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and carries maces. She has moderate length auburn hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. In her youth she was a Mayor, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger brother on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. 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: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 60 gp. Rhodochrosite (14 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: A middle-aged man, he has the majority of his body covered in plate, and is pretty ugly. His fur is brown and curly. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Serpent was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He's also a talented Mortician, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a mortician again

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: She wears suspenders and green workpants. Her shirt is yellow, and she wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. Her red crest is lengthy. She wears an eyepatch.

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. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Her first spouse was a Servant, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. After a long history of fighting, Harann and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and to reunite with her absent mother

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His white crest has been sun bleached extensively. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born in the north. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Insomniac, Depressed, Fearful, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1000 cp. Silver pearl (160 gp).