Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears tattered old clothes. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her childhood dream was to be a Seamstress, but she was a colossal failure. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This man wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has gold eyes and a green hat with a black feather.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Cairn was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is his passion.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are silver and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Optimist, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, PTSD. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 2000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. At a young age his mother died while driving off some brigands. His father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in kukri use. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he wants revenge against brigands

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her hair is cut close to her head. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. 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: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Whurdred abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Shepherd and was forced into it by her family; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 140 gp. Brown-green garnet (160 gp). 1 Hourglass.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears an entirely grey suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His chestnut hair is lengthy. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born in a small island village. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a blue tunic with grey highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her ears are large.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: The child of a Baker, who enjoyed hunting, Veloptima was taken on many hunting expeditions. Veloptima was born on a far western island where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Engraver. Some 6 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Veloptima never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Military, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 130 gp. Coral (120 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He stands about 3'7" and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Anverth was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Anverth 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. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 20 pp. Star rose quartz (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears just a white suit. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive, Antagonistic, Disease, Fearful. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 300 sp.