Description: He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is red and very short. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 sp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'2". She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Courier arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 600 sp. Lapis lazuli (14 gp). 2 Smokesticks.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears just a black suit. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Tailor arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: 6'5" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a green collared shirt and pastel pants. He accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His red crest is knotted and matted. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Herbalist who has hired him part-time. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears dull pastel sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed bastard sword, just in case. He carries a battered lance and tarnished bastard sword as well. His black fur is greasy and uncared for. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. 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: Born to a Barkeep, his father struggled to pay the bills. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. He has achieved small success as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears dull grey sweaters, loose pastel pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed sickle, just in case. Her white hair is knotted and matted. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Valida was born on a far southern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Apothecary. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 20 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She wears her black hair up. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Ahinar wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now mingles about in high society.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 500 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the east. 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He sports a flattop hair cut. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

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 used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 400 gp.