Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. His skin is dark but he possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His hair is red and curly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. 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 was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She wears a grey costume with the symbols of death on her torso. She carries with her a set of clubs on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. Her golden hair, when down, is lengthy. She is baby faced.

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 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: Jane was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Painter for hire.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She wears a fancy black dress, and carries hammers. Her brown hair is braided into rings. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. 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 born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His red hair is braided into rings. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. To his fellows he 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: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He worked as a nervous Map Maker and found it very stressful. He has worked as a Map Maker like his mother before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Bonds: Enemies, Military, Job, Slave. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is very fat, and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. Through the years after Paggen was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Paggen's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. 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: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She wears her golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1400 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her fur, while still mostly cinnamon, has prominent grey streaks. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Quick liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is short and black. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Lûgnak abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 400 sp. Blue quartz (16 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy yellow fur. She wears a brown costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. She has a hunchback. She has done her best to style her yellow fur to look like a famous performer. She has gleaming, smiling yellow eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Shadow was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Performer. She has achieved small success as a Performer.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 140 gp. Rhodochrosite (14 gp).