Description: This tall, slender woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. This brown eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father 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. After a long history of fighting, Birel and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Disease, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, In love. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 2200 sp. Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Azurite (15 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has moderate length chestnut hair. This red eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has worked as a Unemployed like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. Varis enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His childhood dream was to be a Herbalist, but he was a colossal failure. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and expand his business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist, Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 200 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: She dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with pastel slacks, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'4" when asserting herself. Her blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: The child of a Roofer, who enjoyed hunting, Veloptima was taken on many hunting expeditions. She worked as a nervous Beggar and found it very stressful. She bought a pickaxe and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 400 sp. Alexandrite (300 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 6'0" and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. He is baby faced.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Pígug was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He worked as a nervous Stylist and found it very stressful. He has taken up work as a Stylist and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 5'1" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her fur, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. As a very small child her family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. Her mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect her and cast a teleportation spell that whisked her away. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He wears his dark red hair up. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Stableman who has hired him part-time. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Has a crush, Military, In love. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 50 gp. Deep green spinel (160 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a simple white robe with green stripes complete with hood. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born in the east to a Spice Merchant, Nazû learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Spice Merchant and was forced into it by his family; and balancing his hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Cynical, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His hair is white and very short. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 300 gp.