Description: This man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Laborer, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Simon grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Artistic, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Cartwright work with an outfit from a few towns over. Cartwright work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is greedy; and balancing his hectic life and new cartwright responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Rich, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His silver hair is cut short. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born to a Detective, his father struggled to pay the bills. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. After a long history of fighting, Richard and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He stands about 6'7" and wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Purson 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. Purson decided he wanted neither the life of his father 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

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.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: She wears dull violet sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed monstrous two handed axe, just in case. She is portly but not overly obese. She has black hair. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. 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 used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged man, he has the majority of his body covered in plate, and is pretty ugly. His brown fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Spring hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: Randal lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 160 gp. Golden pearl (100 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. He tend to wears goggles to shield his 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 will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born in a small plains village. Ahvain liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Mayor for hire.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Cynical, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Job, Religious. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 9000 cp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp).

Description: Standing 3'9", this woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. She keeps her long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. She has achieved small success as a Butcher.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing her hectic life and new butcher responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 200 sp. Moonstone (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.