Description: He is lean but muscular and wears dark leathers with embroidery. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Animal Trainer profession.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. After coming to the age of reason, Thorpe took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Rock crystal (80 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears baggy violet pantaloons and a pastel scarf. Her blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She takes great joy in being the best Guard in town.

History: Rosamund was born with her mother's beautiful face. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Guard. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. 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-sister.

History: Charles was born the youngest of three triplets. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Charles was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Enemies, Guardian. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 110 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: Standing 5'8", this woman wears a yellow coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon her head. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Revenge.

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her hair is red and curly. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Disciplined, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Military, In love. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 400 gp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a white cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Jo was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. 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.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and carries scimitars. His black hair is unkempt and raggedy. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a miner and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Military. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 20 pp. Blue quartz (15 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born in a small island village. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a worn and beaten armor, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He uses divination through singing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Tim studied abroad. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 340 gp.