Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His silver hair is braided into rings. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit men.

History: He was born in the north. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he's attracted to the pc

Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 sp. Amber (70 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears a red vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his red boots flare out at the collars. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Thorpe was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Disciplined, Joker, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing. Her auburn hair is cut short. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he tends to wear a large tan jacket. He has shaved his head bald. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Animal Trainer born in the past three hundred years. He is a great chef.

History: Rolen was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Poor, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her green crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Jezean speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict, Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 700 sp. White pearl (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a fancy black dress. She keeps her long silver crest kept up in a rat tail. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has wavy golden hair. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 sp. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears just a brown suit. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Being born in the south, 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 south 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. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and brown handkerchief worn on her left side. Her silver hair is knotted and matted. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her childhood dream was to be a Mortician, but she was a colossal failure. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 800 sp.