Description: This dark-skinned male wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Apothecary born in the past three hundred years. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Apothecary for hire.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and balancing his hectic life and new apothecary responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears bulky black painted plate armor. Her crest is bronze and very short. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Attractive. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has no hair. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is dressed in an above average manner. His crest, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. His half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is an amazing painter.

History: The child of a Miner, who enjoyed hunting, Adrex was taken on many hunting expeditions. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. After a long history of fighting, Adrex and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1000 cp. Jasper (60 gp).

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. His ears are large.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. 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: He is a Yochlol in disguise. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the north were limited. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a pastel coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'0" when asserting himself. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep yellow.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Body Guard but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. A gifted student he started as a Gardener, but he got bored and became a Body Guard. He has achieved small success as a Body Guard.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Artistic, Pacifist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 41000 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This malnourished woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her fur is red and curly. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Through the years after Fragrant was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Fragrant's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on her right hand. Her red crest has been sun bleached extensively. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is a Ploughman first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. Rezena was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Rezena decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. With wild auburn hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She 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: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Server

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1200 sp.