Description: A middle-aged man, he is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather, and is pretty ugly. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Scribe business.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Scribe arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Through the years after Ernest was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Ernest's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his spear, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. His auburn hair is lengthy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He got into the Miner business at a young age. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To be a Layabout again.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, marred by sweets. Her blonde hair is knotted and matted. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: Xanaphia was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a brown costume with the symbols of magic on her torso. Her hair is short and black. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Elysande fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and brown handkerchief worn on his right side. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Soveliss was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Roofer. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family, Job, In love, Military. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a brown tunic with white highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her beige fur is greasy and uncared for. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. Elegant enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was taken from her home at a very young age. After a long history of fighting, Elegant and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with grey slacks. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is a great chef.

History: Born to a Architect, his father struggled to pay the bills. His first spouse was a Architect, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 700 sp. Sard (40 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He prefers to wear flannel. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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 knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.