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 shortbows on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He prefers to wear flannel. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

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

Possessions: 100 gp. Rock crystal (40 gp). Hematite (14 gp).

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Bricklayer. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Shane lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family, Religious. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 90 gp. Red garnet (130 gp). 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears a violet coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

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

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 gp. Carnelian (80 gp). Hematite (7 gp).

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Black pearl (200 gp).

Description: A 5'11" eastern woman, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. Her silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is a Layabout first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Layabout arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 26000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose pastel pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and he perpetually has his halberd ready. He has dyed his greying red fur a little too much giving a sharp red color. He has hazel eyes and a pastel hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 600 gp. Alexandrite (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a yellow coat over a violet low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His father, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 40 gp.