Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. 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 seems to be bored by most things; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Insane, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 200 gp. Pink pearl (140 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born in the west. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has slicked back red hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Sage. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Gifted from a young age, Roywyn studied abroad. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. He is physically well-built. He has red hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He is content; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Mundane. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is long and black with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: Born in the west to a Miner, Burgell learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Justice, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her hair is brown and curly. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her blue robe. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She sports black long hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Crown-heir for hire.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new crown-heir responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1100 sp. Azurite (15 gp). Sard (70 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Darrow speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Darrow was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 5'6". He is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, and his gloved hand is found clutching a sai. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Ratlûg was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he is greedy

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Banded mail.