Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is renowned for her bright grey dresses and hats. Her blonde hair is singed and shortened. She has blue eyes.

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: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Valida has worked very hard to control her curse. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and she has a crush on the local seamstress

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1300 sp. Peridot (30 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears yellow leather gloves, a yellow jacket, and tight pants. Her blonde hair is knotted and matted. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. 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 gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Baker. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Deep green spinel (90 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Marshal. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Marshal arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 3000 cp. Freshwater pearl (15 gp).

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a yellow and pastel handkerchief worn on her left side. She carries with her a set of rapiers, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has wavy blonde hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Heather isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Elven unity. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Born in the north to a Weaver, Heather learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. 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 Weaver. She has achieved small success as a Weaver.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Justice, Logical. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. His hair is purple and curly. He has silver eyes and a black hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 86. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. After a long history of fighting, Nirgel and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He wears his golden hair down. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He got into the Doctor business at a young age. He worked as a nervous Doctor and found it very stressful. After a long history of fighting, Trey and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 500 sp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp).

Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it. His black fur is unkempt and raggedy. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his small pastel hat.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears tattered old clothes. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1 Antitoxin.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her crest is cut close to her head. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. Gesrethe is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.