Description: This tall, slender woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and black handkerchief worn on his left side. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. 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: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'6" and is wearing a tight blue one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His hair is silver and very short. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Born in the west to a Baker, Senteq learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. With wild golden hair. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born in the west. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: 5'8" and muscular, this eastern man wears a white vest and prefers black and green shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has moderate length brown hair. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Secretive. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: He stands about 4'9" and is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His white hair is lengthy. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

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 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. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a green shirt with thin yellow vertical stripes and green pants. Her red hair is heavily combed to the left. She has gleaming, smiling white eyes.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Anakis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is her passion; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 20 gp. Eye agate (6 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She wears a grey tunic with violet highlights, and long yellow pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has a hunchback. Her tied-back hair is brown. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Greedy. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 300 sp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. Her skin is flawless and her red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Apothecary arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.