Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'2" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His fur is short and gray. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep yellow.

Personality: River speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. River was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. River decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Barber kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has orange fur. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Silent was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Silent fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 sp. Iolite (60 gp).

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly longbows and greataxes. Her gold crest is still thick. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Quespa was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 4000 cp. Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a worn and beaten armor. Her head has been shaved. She has brown eyes and a white hat with a grey feather.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Sage who has hired her part-time. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: An older woman who is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and brown handkerchief worn on her left side, she is not a threatening figure. She sports golden long hair. Her violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Sannl hails from a village terrorized by drow. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many drow want her driven away; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Sage. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Bowyer. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 230 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep yellow leather and dull tan iron scale mail. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Ruler business.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Ruler hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tiefling, and stands approximately 5'1". She wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and her gloved hand is found clutching a scimitar. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her silver eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Gifted from a young age, Vepar studied abroad. While she appears to be a normal Tiefling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a red suit, grey shirt, and black tie. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Merla hails from a village terrorized by drow. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Weaver work with an outfit from a few towns over. Weaver work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.