Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a morningstar on her belt. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. Paela enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Paela lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Paela liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish, Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His crest is green and curly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Rathkran was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull green iron scale mail. Her hair is short and dark red. Her silver eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. 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: She got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Spice Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spice Merchant work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His bronze crest has been sun bleached extensively. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Gargax hails from a village terrorized by brigands. He 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. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Rock crystal (40 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. 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: Retire the richest woman in the east; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears a grey shirt, with a red mid length shorts with red tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His black hair is knotted and matted. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Dean 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 Detective. He tends to his Detective job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, 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 has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her hair is black and curly. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Small steel mirror.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man very much looks the part of a Marshal. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Marshal arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Marshal for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.