Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She refers to her adoptive father 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: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He is physically well-built. His white crest is thinning but still full. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Ghesh alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and many dire rats want him driven away

Flaws: Depressed, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 200 gp. Star rose quartz (40 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He wears a grey shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and green pants. He has a hunchback. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He comes from a rich western family. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. 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: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: Hlin hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She is a Doppelganger in disguise. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Shepherd. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Shepherd and was forced into it by her family; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Performer. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She struck the Performer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 2700 sp.

Description: An older man who wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat, he is not a threatening figure. He has moderate length brown hair. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 10 pp. Brown-green garnet (150 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a simple white robe with green stripes complete with hood. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

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. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Olrok was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He carries with him a set of greataxes on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. After a long history of fighting, Sindri and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Occupation: Layabout

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

Possessions: 110 gp. Zircon (20 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe, and is pretty ugly. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length red crest. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is a great chef.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Herbalist arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. 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: Seeks redemption; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 320 gp. 1 Everburning torch.