Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears a fancy blue dress. Her hair is long and golden with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small blue clips. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her druidic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her blonde hair is cut short. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Bardryn studied abroad. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic, Logical, Gifted, Fighting. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She wears her copper crest up. Her red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

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. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Jaxi has worked very hard to control her curse. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and to prove her worth to the world

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy, Impulsive, Insomniac. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He takes great joy in being the best Knight in town.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Qemuel grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and an old rival family wants him found

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 20 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is long and silver with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small red clips. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Laborer. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur, Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This malnourished man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He hates Gnomes with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He found a children's book about a Gnome 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 village for his children.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, In love, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears just a white suit. He has wavy auburn hair. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 700 sp. Banded agate (11 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'6" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 70 gp.