Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has a hunchback. Her golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly scythes and quarterstaffs. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

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. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: 6'1" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her black robe. She wears her white hair down. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Performer. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Performer

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

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She stands about 5'6" and wears a worn and beaten armor. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: Born to a Mayor, her father struggled to pay the bills. 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. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her crest is cut close to her head. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She got into the Jeweler business at a young age. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Job, Slave, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: This man wears a worn and beaten armor, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His auburn hair is lengthy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

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. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Spy.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Azurite (13 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Banded agate (13 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'2" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with brown slacks. His chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Orsik lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has worked as a Courier like his father before him.

Motivation: Expand his business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She has a very tight haircut. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His orange fur is braided into rings. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A freak accident while working with his Assassin father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 600 sp.