Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She is portly but not overly obese. Her hair is white and curly. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Xanaphia was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the brigands.

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

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Nature, Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 4'9". She prefers to wear yellow pants and tee shirts, and her gloved hand is found clutching a monstrous two handed axe. She wears her black hair down. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a black tunic with violet highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her bronze crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has red eyes.

Personality: She is a Carter first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She likes to wear pastel tank tops with black skirt. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Navigator hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Poor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 30 gp. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her hair is golden and curly. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. During her travels, Marigold and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Marigold discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Marigold fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Flaws: Disease, Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 40 gp. Tourmaline (140 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His fur is beige and curly. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Ethereal lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and many drow want him driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Family, In love. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He prefers to wear violet clothing when he does not wear armor. He carries with him a set of bastard swords, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Miles grew up listening to his father's many stories. He found a children's book about a Half-Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

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

Possessions: 1000 cp. Zircon (80 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Enidda was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 350 gp.