Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sai with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gifted student he started as a Masseuse, but he got bored and became a Merchant. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Bonds: In love, Rich, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She wears a blue vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her blue boots flare out at the collars. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Naivara hails from a village terrorized by orcs. She found a children's book about a Elf 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 recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her sword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her crest is scarlet and curly. Her red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt, and he perpetually has his glaive ready. His fur is short and red. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Banker arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). Being a Banker 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: He desires power and/or immortality; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He carries with him a set of monstrous two handed axes on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He has done his best to style his gray fur to look like a famous performer. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 2300 sp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her crest is cut close to her head. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Antrara enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to clean up the streets

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Military, Debt. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This man is very fat, and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft yellow waves gently in the breeze. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He takes great joy in being the best Performer in town.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He worked as a nervous Performer and found it very stressful. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new performer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. She wears her brown hair down. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Armara hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Armara alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 700 sp. Red garnet (60 gp).

Description: 6'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears suspenders and green workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His skin is flawless and his white eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Knight. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.