Description: This woman wears tattered old clothes, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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 knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 6000 cp. Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his grey robe. His hair is long and black with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 59. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 80 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This malnourished woman has the majority of her body covered in plate. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has gleaming, smiling black eyes.

Personality: Manea hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. 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 has never given up on her music dream.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has blue eyes.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He worked as a nervous Fisher and found it very stressful. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Fisher.

Motivation: To be a Engraver again.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has wavy auburn hair. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted, Philantrophist. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His bronze crest is smooth and relatively long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. After a long history of fighting, Torinn and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a tan collared shirt and red pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Nim was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 290 gp. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: 4'9" and muscular, this eastern man wears dull blue sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed glaive, just in case. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Merchant. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Aust lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He struck the Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Job, In love, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Deep green spinel (90 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Arnold's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Arnold grew up listening to his mother's many stories. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family, Debt. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Deep green spinel (70 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.