Description: This malnourished man wears dull black sweaters, loose pastel pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed club, just in case. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His black unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born to a Healer, his father struggled to pay the bills. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Zephan grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Zephan. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Flaws: Disease, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'1". He wears just a white suit. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He's also a talented Dilettante, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Half-Elven compassion; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her crest is black and very short. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. 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 routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new armorer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her longbow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. With bright chestnut hair. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: The child of a Mortician, who enjoyed hunting, Callie was taken on many hunting expeditions. After coming to the age of reason, Callie 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. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 600 sp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a green shirt, with a grey mid length shorts with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His gold crest is long and unkept. His red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

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. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a brown tunic with red highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has a very tight haircut. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Servant but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. After coming to the age of reason, Williamina 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. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She wants revenge against goblins.

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman very much looks the part of a Slave Trader, and a wedding ring on her right hand. With bright blonde hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Slave Trader business.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. A gifted student she started as a Mortician, but she got bored and became a Slave Trader. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Bonds: Job, In love, Mentor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. 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 is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Mhurren is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Mhurren grew up listening to his mother's many stories. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Debt, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: An older man who wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a scythe, but if one is not available he will default to his nunchaku, he is not a threatening figure. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He found a children's book about a Human Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Family, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

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

Possessions: 80 gp.