Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. His black fur is still thick. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Joker, Extrovert. Bonds: Slave, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 80 gp. Bloodstone (30 gp). Jet (70 gp).

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A freak accident while working with his Masseuse father left him crippled. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She usually wears her black robe and has her hand crossbow always slung over her shoulder. Her long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He prefers to wear flannel. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Greedy. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her hair is brown and curly. Her black eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Phelaia enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born in the south. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Tieflings in Phelaia's homeland. Phelaia decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born in the east. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Opinionated, Joker, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 2800 sp.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She keeps her golden hair in a pixie cut. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Nature. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a falchion on his belt and is in decent physical shape. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born into a rich family. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a tattered pair of loose red pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: Damien speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Damien was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 40 gp. Red spinel (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.