Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'10" and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. Gerald enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Gerald 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. While he appears to be a normal Human, 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light grey in addition to tight pants. Her chestnut hair is lengthy. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Carter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Mentor, Poor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She has a very tight haircut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. The war was a terrible time for her, and Vani does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Server hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Server for the past few years.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Military, Religious. Occupation: Server

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 6000 cp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He is a husky man, who likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Ahvain was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. 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 west. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 50 gp. Peridot (80 gp). 8 Acid flasks.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears tattered old clothes, and is pretty ugly. Her auburn hair is long and unkept. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Map Maker born in the past three hundred years. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born in the west. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 2'10". She likes to wear white tank tops with brown skirt. Her blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She found a children's book about a Halfling Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature lance.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Crown-heir responsibilities is difficult; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: An older woman who is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured, she is not a threatening figure. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Doudra was born on a far southern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Locksmith. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to clean up the streets

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a tight fitting red shirt and pants. Her long blonde hair reaches down to her waist. Her skin is flawless and her green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Nikki lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 80 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). 6 Acid flasks.

Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She's also a talented Baker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 60 gp.