Description: He wears just a black suit. He sports a flattop crest cut. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Masseuse work with an outfit from a few towns over. Masseuse work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: 5'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He prefers to wear flannel. He has wavy black hair. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

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. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born in a small forest village. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Glassblower they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Fletcher, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Optimist, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).

Description: Standing 2'11", this woman wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a white coat. Her tied-back hair is auburn. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Bree grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Bree. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She keeps her blonde hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Agatha grew up listening to her mother's many stories. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature longsword.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 380 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a greataxe on her belt. She has wavy white hair. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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. 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: She was born at the edge of vast forest. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Family, Job, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak, and carries longbows. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 70 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp).

Description: She wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'10" when asserting herself. She has wavy black hair. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Fisher who has hired her part-time. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born into a rich family. In her 12th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants a kiss.

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. His black hair is singed and shortened. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. The war was a terrible time for him, and Patrick does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Military. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. She has gray eyes and a grey hat with a tan feather.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Hunter profession.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. 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: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 30 pp.