Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His dark red hair is knotted and matted. This black eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is a great chef.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. After a long history of fighting, Paymon and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Expand his business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She wears baggy white pantaloons and a red scarf. She is physically well-built. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length red hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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 Engraver. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Mason. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and wants her loneliness to end

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Mason

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

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She keeps her long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Williamina hails from a village terrorized by giants. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Williamina alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy scarlet crest. He has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. He has a hunchback. His scarlet crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

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. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 200 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp).

Description: He stands about 6'2" and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His crest is short and brass. He has red eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Kriv was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Kriv abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: Standing 6'8", this woman wears a black shirt with thin white vertical stripes and grey pants. Her crest is cut close to her head. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She takes great joy in being the best Guard in town.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Sora was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Sora decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

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

Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She carries a battered longsword and tarnished greataxe as well. She has shaved her head bald. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Caramip grew up listening to her father's many stories. She found a children's book about a Gnome Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 280 gp. Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp).

Description: He is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. He carries with him a set of morningstars on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. Sporting a silver mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 110 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).