Description: 5'10" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He wears his brown hair up. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To protect his home; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears a blue costume with the symbols of death on her torso. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Gifted from a young age, Thiala studied abroad. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This woman wears a blue tunic with tan highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her white hair is braided into rings. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: Gifted from a young age, Lia studied abroad. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Lia and her spouse have recently divorced.

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

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and is pretty ugly. He wears his brown hair down. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson grey hat.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears tattered old clothes. Her golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker tan hat.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Abalaba lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 27000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears pastel trousers with white and blue striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His cinnamon fur is knotted and matted. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family, Religious. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Miner. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and balancing his hectic life and new miner responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 87. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. Nutae was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Nutae decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 400 sp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She keeps her auburn hair in a flapper bob. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 7000 cp.