Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'1" and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Sporting a silver mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Blacksmith born in the past three hundred years. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He's also a talented Cook, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is silver and curly. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her blue eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Torgga abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

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

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman is dressed in a clean yellow cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Flaws: Disease, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 60 gp. Rhodochrosite (15 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her brass crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is a Gardener first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Gardener for hire.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 4000 cp. Eye agate (7 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is renowned for his bright blue suits and hats. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Umpen was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Emotional, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Attractive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her red hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. 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 son.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Barkeep hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Barkeep for hire.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 280 gp. Solid gold idol (600 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat, marred by sweets. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. 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: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 30 gp. Onyx (80 gp).

Description: She stands about 3'4" and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. In her 13th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Insane, Fearful. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears violet robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a nunchaku, but if one is not available she will default to her glaive. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 800 sp. Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Rose (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp).