Description: She is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'9" when asserting herself. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born to a Banker, her father struggled to pay the bills. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Engraver work with an outfit from a few towns over. Engraver work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Scribe does. Her crest is black and very short. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Megren enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Scribe. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 50 gp. 4 Thunderstones.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it, and he perpetually has his shortspear ready. His long black crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He works hard and plays hard.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Vrondiss fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a blue shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and red pants. Her hair is red and curly. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Ridaro is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a Tanner, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears baggy green pantaloons and a yellow scarf, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her hair is short and chestnut. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Verin was born on a far southern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Mayor. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 600 sp. Smoky quartz (30 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Hunter 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 is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1000 cp. Iolite (40 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. She has done her best to style her dark red hair to look like a famous performer. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Locksmith. A true patriot, Decarabia would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has achieved small success as a Locksmith.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Bonds: Job, Military, Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a white and red handkerchief worn on his left side. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 120 gp. Eye agate (10 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is wearing a long, red cloak. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has brown eyes and a red hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. To her fellows she 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: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She's also a talented Fletcher, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 120 gp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp).