Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 69. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born in a small forest village. Anastrianna abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and is typically in his Stableman uniform. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He keeps his blonde hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born in the west to a Stableman, Aust learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Stableman. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Stableman for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: An older man who is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, he is not a threatening figure. His blue hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. To his fellows he 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: Born in the east to a Stableman, Mormo learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Stableman hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Stableman for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 330 gp. Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). 4 Smokesticks.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears silk and lounges about seductively. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. A friendly and beautiful Half-Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Poor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 60 gp. Coral (160 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a brown wide-brimmed hat and brown clothes, and is pretty ugly. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She moved out west to avoid the crime she committed. She has worked as a Guard like her mother before her.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 390 gp. Azurite (16 gp). Jade (50 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This southern woman wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has no hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Performer. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Performer.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Performer responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 60 gp. Sardonyx (80 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This light-skinned female wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She wears her black hair up. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: Waywocket lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Apothecary. She's also a talented Cartwright, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 50 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She tends to wear a pastel poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her red fur is heavily combed to the left. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 40 gp.