Description: This woman wears long strands of aquamarine and short yellow dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her black hair is greasy and uncared for. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Irann was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 80 gp. Jade (150 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Tordrid embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Tordrid fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1000 cp. Lapis lazuli (5 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a simple white robe with violet stripes complete with hood. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Servant father left him crippled. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a red suit, black shirt, and white tie. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. 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

Ideals: Opinionated, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Good lock.

Description: She wears just a brown suit. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her white hair is long and unkept. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

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: Helja was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy purple stubble. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has a hunchback. Her purple hair is singed and shortened. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 north. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Layabout and was forced into it by her family; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He is physically well-built. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is obsessed with his god.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Soveliss 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. Soveliss decided he wanted neither the life of his father 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. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He wears a tan shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and black pants. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his longbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. His tied-back hair is golden. 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: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Layabout. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Cockaby was born the youngest of three triplets. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Layabout. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new layabout responsibilities is difficult

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears just a white suit. He has wavy auburn hair. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Half-Plate.