Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze, marred by chocolates. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was taken from her home at a very young age. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Family, Slave. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat, and carries shortbows. Her hair is short and white. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Artin was born the youngest of three triplets. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Artin 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 Artin. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Has a crush, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is typically in his Spice Merchant uniform. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Spice Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 31000 sp. Red garnet (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. His beige fur is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Great was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bookbinder. He's also a talented Miner, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Miner again; and revenge

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'8" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He usually wears his black robe and has his scimitar always slung over his shoulder. His black hair is lengthy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tieflings.

History: He got into the Mayor business at a young age. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Mayor for hire.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Guardian. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her green robe. Her brown hair is cut short. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Born to a Apothecary, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is long and brown with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the west were limited. 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: He desires power and/or immortality; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 5000 cp. Amethyst (40 gp). 1 Good lock.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears long strands of amber and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the right. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Scribe. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Bonds: Rich, Nature, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 3 Acid flasks.