Description: A middle-aged woman, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, and is pretty ugly. Her hair is golden and curly. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Alain enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Alain abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has done her best to style her dark red hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are likewise white.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. 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 Animal Trainer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She struck the Glassblower job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is wearing a long, tan cloak. He is portly but not overly obese. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Layabout.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and balancing his hectic life and new layabout responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Has a crush. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her falchion, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Nyx was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Nyx was born on a far northern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Painter. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 20 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp).

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 100 gp. Tourmaline (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears bulky black painted plate armor. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His childhood dream was to be a Painter, but he was a colossal failure. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Beggar responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Slave, Job, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 300 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. She carries with her a set of ceremonial daggers, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has a very tight haircut. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has worked as a Guard like her mother before her.

Motivation: Revenge; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He wears a violet vest and prefers tan and yellow shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. 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 daughter.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 120 gp. Moss agate (12 gp).