Description: This late middle aged man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look and is in decent physical shape. He has golden hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender woman stands about 2'10". She wears tattered old clothes. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears her white hair down. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. She worked as a nervous Scribe and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Passionate. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

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

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She prefers to wear white clothing when she does not wear armor. She has wavy golden hair. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Gifted from a young age, Kithri studied abroad. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His hair is long and white with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. He was taken from his home at a very young age. 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: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He struck the Miller job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: He is renowned for his bright blue suits and hats. His tied-back hair is blonde. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Fonkin was born with his mother's beautiful face. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Ernest is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She stands about 5'0" and dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her silver eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Bullseye lantern. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.