Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'2" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her ears are large.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: An older woman who wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing, she is not a threatening figure. Her blonde hair is still thick. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

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. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born in the east. 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 used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: 6'6" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. Her white crest is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 130 gp. Obsidian (10 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. 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 deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Military. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: With yellow face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she tends to wear a red poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. She worked as a nervous Locksmith and found it very stressful. She has worked as a Locksmith like her father before her.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Bonds: Guardian, Military, Immigrant, Job, In love. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This woman wears suspenders and tan workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her long blonde hair reaches down to her waist. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Dara never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 700 sp. Brown-green garnet (150 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and carries swords. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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: Money/treasure; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is light but she possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She keeps her long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: Seraphina wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Seraphina grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Seraphina. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 300 gp.