Description: 3'2" and muscular, this southern woman wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She has moderate length chestnut hair. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. 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 was born at the edge of vast forest. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Enemies, Nature, Debt. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her gray fur is singed and shortened. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Engraver. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in the south to a Engraver, Leaf learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and expand her business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Azurite (5 gp). Rose (80 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 3'4" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. His hair is cut close to his head. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born in a small forest village. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'7". He wears yellow painted combat armor at almost all times. He has wavy brown hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Theriatis enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Theriatis lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with white slacks. She has scarlet crest. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. 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: Mijira lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Merchant work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She has wavy silver hair. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 sp. Jasper (70 gp). Malachite (9 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. 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 sports a flattop hair cut. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

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. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Naal has worked very hard to control his curse. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: An older man who prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is cut close to his head. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

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

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Avice has worked very hard to control her curse. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful, Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 200 sp.