Description: This woman stands a little under 5'1" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her red hair is lengthy. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. 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: Gifted from a young age, Vola studied abroad. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Revenge; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. After a long history of fighting, Nalaed and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is greedy

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Rich, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. Freshwater pearl (10 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He takes great joy in being the best Spice Merchant in town.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Mentor, In love. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a grey deerstalker hat and grey clothes. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Mundane, Shy, Insane, Fearful. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her red crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Surina was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. With bright blonde hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Seamstress. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She takes great joy in being the best Seamstress in town.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and balancing her hectic life and new seamstress responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Debt. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears baggy brown pantaloons and a black scarf. His red fur is still thick. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: The child of a Bricklayer, who enjoyed hunting, Spring was taken on many hunting expeditions. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Stylist work with an outfit from a few towns over. Stylist work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To be a Bricklayer again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'5". He wears tattered old clothes. His silver hair is thinning but still full. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Barkeep who has hired him part-time. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature mace.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Red garnet (110 gp).