Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears tan trousers with red and violet striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born to a Ruler, his father struggled to pay the bills. A freak accident while working with his Ruler father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 sp. Deep green spinel (40 gp). 3 Smokesticks.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He prefers to wear yellow pants and tee shirts. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Born to a Scribe, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To be a Scribe again; and balancing her hectic life and new engraver responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 600 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly lances and greataxes. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Job, Religious. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 20 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 4'5" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He prefers to wear grey clothing when he does not wear armor. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the north were limited. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She tends to wear a large black jacket. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. After coming to the age of reason, Vepar took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. 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 passion for adventuring and risk; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 110 gp. Star rose quartz (20 gp).

Description: She dresses well, wearing red shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She carries a battered flail and tarnished shortbow as well. Her hair is short and black. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the east were limited. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 20 gp. Deep green spinel (160 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She carries with her a set of spears on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. Her hair is short and auburn. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 sp. Golden pearl (140 gp).

Description: He wears tattered old clothes, and carries axes. His hair is black and curly. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. Moonstone (20 gp).