Description: He stands about 3'2" and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Banker arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gifted student he started as a Sculptor, but he got bored and became a Banker. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Bonds: Guardian, Has a crush, Rich, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: He is a Jackalwere in disguise. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Silvo was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and doesn't want to be a spice merchant and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a black coat with violet slacks. His crest is short and red. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Unemployed. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. The war was a terrible time for him, and Arjhan does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military, Poor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 50 gp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Obsidian (12 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gold.

Personality: She is a Detective first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Sekhmet was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Sekhmet decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record, Poor, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'7" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears tattered old clothes. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His ears are large.

Personality: He hates Half-Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Varis was born on a far western island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Seamstress. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 90 gp. Obsidian (6 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt, and is pretty ugly. Her blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Bowyer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 60 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears baggy tan pantaloons and a grey scarf. She has chestnut hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is an amazing painter.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. After a long history of fighting, Hatae and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is content; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 2400 sp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has moderate length red hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Quilla 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 is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

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

Possessions: 260 gp. 1 Tanglefoot bags.