Description: 6'2" and muscular, this southern man wears a grey costume with the symbols of death on his torso. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Cory hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He took after his father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his father taught him to defend himself. When his father died while fighting dire rats, the young Cory began to lead the lost caravan. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. With wild auburn hair. She has green eyes and a white hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Sculptor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end her boredom.

Flaws: Mundane, Forgetful, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 160 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (110 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She dresses well, wearing yellow shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Susannah speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Knight but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. 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 was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This woman wears silk and lounges about seductively, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. A gifted student she started as a Navigator, but she got bored and became a Mercenary. She has worked as a Mercenary like her mother before her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a white shirt, with a black mid length skirt with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Passionate, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears suspenders and red workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. This violet eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. With bright red hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. Jet (130 gp).

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Barkeep business.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He was taken from his home at a very young age. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he's in love

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Slave. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 gp. Rhodochrosite (6 gp).

Description: He wears a black shirt, with a blue mid length shorts with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has wavy brown hair. His black eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 200 gp.