Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears long strands of emerald and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His brass crest is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Direcris was born with his father's beautiful face. 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 inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. Her gray fur is knotted and matted. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

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. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Logical, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 380 gp. Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears long strands of ruby and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His silver hair is long and unkept. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Mortician business.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is content

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 sp. Golden pearl (70 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, she is not a threatening figure. She wears her blonde hair up. She has gray eyes and a yellow hat with a green feather.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes goblins are coming to abduct people. She is a great chef.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears baggy green pantaloons and a yellow scarf. Her blue crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the north. After coming to the age of reason, Jheri took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: She stands about 6'7" and sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her long green crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She refers to her adoptive mother 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: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A 5'3" eastern man, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light green in addition to tight pants. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His silver unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Valafar was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. During his travels, Valafar and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Valafar discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Valafar fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: Revenge; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He dresses well, wearing pastel shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears a colorful flower in his beige fur. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Right-Handed lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears tattered old clothes. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length white hair. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Gifted from a young age, Pearl studied abroad. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Hedonist. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 2600 sp.