Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is typically in his Layabout uniform. His hair is short and white. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Layabout. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Religious, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This tall, slender woman tends to wear a blue poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her hair is auburn and very short. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She came across an abandoned tomb where she found a relic that called out to her. After picking it up she was cursed by vampirism.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her black hair is lengthy. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and she is greedy

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: She wears a yellow coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head. She carries a battered club and tarnished flail as well. Her hair is red and curly. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing painting.

History: Born to a Fortune-teller, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her red hair is well kept. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her top tan hat.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. She has wavy black hair. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson grey hat.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Being a Miner kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears long strands of ruby and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has moderate length brown hair. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Knight. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Knight.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears just a black suit. His black hair is thinning but still full. His ears are large.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Krakhorn was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the west were limited. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brass crest. She prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. She has a hunchback. Her brass crest is braided into rings. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 12. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. 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: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the north. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Revenge; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.