Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a tan coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Soapmaker arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears an entirely grey suit with violet socks and a vest with buckled shoes. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. Diggory is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Diggory was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Cartwright work with an outfit from a few towns over. Cartwright work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has worked as a Cartwright like his mother before him.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and balancing his hectic life and new cartwright responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: An older man who wears a tan tunic with red highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes, he is not a threatening figure. He has wavy black hair. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and wears a brown wide-brimmed hat and brown clothes. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her hair is black and curly. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was born into a rich family. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She's in love.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her pickaxe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly pickaxes and greatswords. She has a very tight haircut. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: Falkrunn wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears suspenders and pastel workpants. His shirt is white, and he wears a heavy pastel leather apron most of the time. His fur is orange and curly. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Sweet lived on a farm with his mother, 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 Cook work with an outfit from a few towns over. Cook work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He tends to his Cook job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with white colored cloaks and clothing. She is portly but not overly obese. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Shaena is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. The war was a terrible time for her, and Shaena does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Shaena was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Extrovert, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 240 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull white iron scale mail. She has moderate length golden hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Ella lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a blue shirt, with a grey mid length shorts with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them, and is pretty ugly. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He tends to his Interpreter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new interpreter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 160 gp. Violet garnet (300 gp).