Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a grey coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Apothecary. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She worked as a nervous Apothecary and found it very stressful. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Apothecary responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is wearing a long, black cloak. She carries a battered quarterstaff and tarnished nunchaku as well. Her blue crest is knotted and matted. Her half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Perra lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Perra was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bellfounder and was forced into it by her family; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. Her golden hair is well kept. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Mardnab hails from a village terrorized by brigands. At a young age her father died while driving off some brigands. Her mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in longsword use. She has worked as a Shoemaker like her father before her.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: 2'10" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is dressed in earthy colors with a white and tan handkerchief worn on his left side. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Sardonyx (70 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has silver hair. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Through the years after Diggory was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Diggory's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and halfling compassion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 350 gp. Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her green eyes.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is a great chef.

History: Gifted from a young age, Malquis studied abroad. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 70 gp. Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears bulky tan painted plate armor. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A freak accident while working with his Tailor father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he has a crush on the local tailor

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'9" and typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor. His hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Ralf was born with his father's beautiful face. A gifted student he started as a Herbalist, but he got bored and became a Merchant. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Merchant and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her black crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Kadana was born the youngest of three triplets. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. After a long history of fighting, Kadana and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 40 gp. 2 Antitoxin.