Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is chestnut and very short. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Military, Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Silvo grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Silvo. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 40 gp. Jet (40 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and is dressed in earthy colors with a green and tan handkerchief worn on his right side. He keeps his blue hair in a flapper bob. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Astar enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born into a rich family. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Sensitive, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This malnourished woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has cinnamon fur. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Tree hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Tree was born on a far western plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Scribe. She became a Scribe soon after.

Motivation: Expand her business; and many dire rats want her driven away

Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 gp. 3 Smokesticks. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. He keeps his long scarlet crest kept up in a rat tail. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He got into the Gardener business at a young age. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Religious. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She wears her black fur down. She has yellow eyes.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. 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: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Painter for the past few years.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: Standing 5'4", this man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Dean hails from a village terrorized by drow. Dean was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Dean decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Gardener kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 4000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears just a black suit. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born in a small island village. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Mercenary. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Disciplined, Opinionated, Impeccable. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has moderate length white hair. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her first spouse was a Marshal, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Marshal they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Ruler, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 9000 cp.