Description: She wears a fancy blue dress. She carries with her a set of longswords, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her long auburn hair reaches down to her waist. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, In love. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. He is physically well-built. His blonde hair is lengthy. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 120 gp. Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her silver hair is long and unkept. Her ears are large.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Thiala fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is lean but muscular and dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her hair is black and very short. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 800 sp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp). 1 Superior lock.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He tends to wear a grey poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has a hunchback. His hair is short and white. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 130 gp. Silver pearl (130 gp).

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat, and she perpetually has her greatsword ready. She wears her gray fur up. Her copper eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Shadow will drive conversation. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Shadow studied abroad. Shadow was born on a far eastern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Barrister. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Map Maker they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Cartwright, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and revenge

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with green slacks. Her silver hair is still thick. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. 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 Bricklayer. Being a Bricklayer kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.