Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a yellow collared shirt and grey pants. He accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: Heian hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born in the west to a Mayor, Heian learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). He's also a talented Dyer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Revenge; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 10 pp. Solid gold idol (200 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak. Her hair is short and auburn. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to be a barkeep again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. She is portly but not overly obese. She has a long brown ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Kilia lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. After coming to the age of reason, Kilia took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and likes to wear ponchos typically of a light violet in addition to tight pants. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is obsessed with his god.

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. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature morningstar.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 2600 sp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a fancy white suit. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Gardener for the past few years.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She very much looks the part of a Cook. She is an epitome of beauty. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Oda was born with her father's beautiful face. A gifted student she started as a Sellsword, but she got bored and became a Cook. She's also a talented Sellsword, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Cook responsibilities is difficult; and to be a sellsword again

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. Her purple hair is knotted and matted. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Through the years after Kasdeya was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Kasdeya's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and a wedding ring on his right hand. His copper crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gold eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Miller arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Tarhun never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man prefers to wear flannel. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his left hand. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Gilthur alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 gp. Fire opal (800 gp).