Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a yellow vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her yellow boots flare out at the collars. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Thiala is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She dropped out of school to support her sick father, and resented it. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Performer and was forced into it by her family; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease, Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His first spouse was a Bowyer, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

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

Flaws: Cynical, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she very much looks the part of a Gardener. She has styled her auburn hair well, parting it to the left. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. Her childhood dream was to be a Mercenary, but she was a colossal failure. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: 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; and balancing her hectic life and new gardener responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A 4'3" western man, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He hates Dwarves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1400 sp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears professional attire. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Slave Trader hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a white coat with grey slacks. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. This brown eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. After a long history of fighting, Callie and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: This late middle aged man wears yellow painted combat armor at almost all times and is in decent physical shape. He has blonde hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Traki hails from a village terrorized by drow. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He wears a blue tunic with yellow highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Eiravel embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. The war was a terrible time for him, and Eiravel does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Cook for hire.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Job, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 160 gp. Jet (130 gp).

Description: A 2'8" northern woman, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. She wears her golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Euphemia hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

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. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 120 gp.