Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'2" and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Volen is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform 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: Wants a kiss; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Slave. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 4000 cp. Banded agate (5 gp).

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the south. His first spouse was a Bowyer, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Silver pearl (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull blue iron scale mail. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the left. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears long strands of amethyst and short violet dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 110 gp. Amber (160 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man dresses like a well dressed Cook does. His orange fur is smooth and relatively long. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Cook business.

History: Cloak was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Cook for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and balancing his hectic life and new cook responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence, Athletic. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'4" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, blue shirt, and brown tie. She has done her best to style her scarlet crest to look like a famous performer. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is a Courier first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Savaran was born on a far western mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Courier. She tends to her Courier job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Nature, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 800 sp. White pearl (70 gp). 1 Disguise kit.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her red hair is lengthy. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker tan hat.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Gifted from a young age, Silaqui studied abroad. A gifted student she started as a Layabout, but she got bored and became a Bricklayer. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and balancing her hectic life and new bricklayer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and is pretty ugly. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Being a Layabout 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: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Bricklayer. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1800 sp.