Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is wearing a long, pastel, dusty cloak. Her beige fur is smooth and relatively long. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He usually wears his black robe and has his warhammer always slung over his shoulder. He is portly but not overly obese. His copper crest is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gold.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Mayor they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Bather, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bather and was forced into it by his family; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 130 gp. Amber (120 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has a very tight haircut. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing his hectic life and new bricklayer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Bertram was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She tends to wear a large white jacket. Her chestnut hair is singed and shortened. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Fletcher arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Merla was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This southern woman is typically in her Banker uniform. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is brown and curly. Her skin is flawless and her green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Banker. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Banker responsibilities is difficult.

Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 110 gp. Iolite (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Jasper (70 gp).

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears tattered old clothes. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. His fierce silver eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He struck the Seamstress job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 60 gp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp).

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a spear, but if one is not available she will default to her trident. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. With bright silver hair. She has violet eyes and a tan hat with a black feather.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Interpreter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. After a long history of fighting, Phann and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'11" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a brown tunic with black highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has wavy red fur. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He's in love; and to unite with his sister

Bonds: Enemies, Family, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 700 sp.