Description: A plain young-adult woman, she tends to wear a large blue jacket. Her tied-back hair is silver. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Abalaba was born with her father's beautiful face. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: She stands about 4'2" and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born in the west to a Hunter, Nalaed learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This tall, slender man wears dull brown sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed falchion, just in case. His black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: Olunt wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

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. A freak accident while working with her Weaver father left her crippled. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Layabout does. She carries a battered trident and tarnished bastard sword as well. Her hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her childhood dream was to be a Performer, but she was a colossal failure. She's also a talented Performer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Being a Animal Trainer 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: Wants to raise his children well; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She sports a flattop hair cut. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Grai speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Grai grew up listening to her father's many stories. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair is golden and curly. Her half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Melissa was born with her father's beautiful face. Melissa 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. Melissa decided she wanted neither the life of her father 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 left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Criminal record, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 gp.