Description: This man is very fat, and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He got into the Ruler business at a young age. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He's also a talented Bowyer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. His crest, while still mostly rusty, has prominent grey streaks. He has gold eyes.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His silver hair is heavily combed to the left. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. 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: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He 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. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's in love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is dressed in earthy colors with a green and violet handkerchief worn on his right side. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are gold.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He 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. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bastard sword.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic, Logical, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a longbow on his belt. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Erias lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 320 gp. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This western woman wears a grey costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'6" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her white hair is greasy and uncared for. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Tenena 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... As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: Standing 5'10", this man dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Farmer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is dark but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. He wears long strands of opal and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 360 gp.