Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. She sports a flattop fur cut. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She got into the Bowyer business at a young age. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Job, In love. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 90 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His red hair is heavily combed to the left. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Jak hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. A gifted student he started as a Seamstress, but he got bored and became a Fortune-teller. He became a Fortune-teller soon after.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, tan shirt, and blue tie. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Yvonne was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. 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: To be a Hunter again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a simple white robe with grey stripes complete with hood. She has red hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her hazel eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His black hair is braided into rings. His eyes are silver and beady.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. 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 knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears his white hair up. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Târz never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Rich, Religious, In love, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An older woman who wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, she is not a threatening figure. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Masseuse arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. 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: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Pyra was born on a far western island where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Actor. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant, Rich, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. After a long history of fighting, Althaea and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 90 gp.