Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His hair is cut close to his head. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born in the west to a Slave Trader, Rurik learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Slave Trader.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Joker, Athletic. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: He is wearing a tight blue one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He is physically well-built. His golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A gifted student he started as a Cook, but he got bored and became a Barkeep. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Family, Slave, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, yellow shirt, and tan tie. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She dropped out of school to support her sick father, and resented it. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 30 gp. Blue quartz (7 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: An older woman who is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering her clean studded leather, she is not a threatening figure. Her golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. She is baby faced.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Detective work with an outfit from a few towns over. Detective work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 4000 cp. Banded agate (5 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'9" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a brown vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her brown boots flare out at the collars. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: Born in the west to a Animal Trainer, Fallthra learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her childhood dream was to be a Shipwright, but she was a colossal failure. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Animal Trainer for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new animal trainer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ribbles studied abroad. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 160 gp. 4 Thunderstones.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She keeps her long copper crest kept up in a rat tail. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. A true patriot, Conrad would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many brigands want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 30 gp. Chrysoprase (50 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has wavy black hair. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

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: Callie was born with her father's beautiful face. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Slave Trader they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Assassin, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Terse, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 500 sp. Pink pearl (130 gp). 1 Banded mail.