Description: The dark-skinned man stands 2'10" and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born in the east to a Doctor, Howard learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He's also a talented Fisher, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Joker. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a yellow deerstalker hat and yellow clothes. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and balancing his hectic life and new painter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with yellow slacks. With wild golden hair. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 4 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Ownka never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Solid gold idol (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: She wears a simple grey robe with violet stripes complete with hood. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

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. Her childhood dream was to be a Actor, but she was a colossal failure. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to be a actor again

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 50 gp. Chrysoprase (80 gp).

Description: This southern woman is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, grey shirt, and black tie. Her clothes are grease stained in places. With wild black hair. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Kathra is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is a great chef.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Kathra was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she has a crush on the local miner

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman usually wears her pastel robe and has her shortspear always slung over her shoulder. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length white fur. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Backpack.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her blonde hair is cut short. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Xanaphia enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. 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: To end her boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 120 gp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This late middle aged man wears black trousers with white and red striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts and is in decent physical shape. His black crest is greasy and uncared for. He has gold eyes.

Personality: He is mildly Dragonborn supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Nykkan was born the youngest of three triplets. Through the years after Nykkan was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Nykkan's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a doctor and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 100 sp. Coral (60 gp). 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. A true patriot, Agatha would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Agatha was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants her loneliness to end

Flaws: Disease, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Banded mail.