Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the east. 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 4000 cp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Halimath is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A freak accident while working with his Mason father left him crippled. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his right hand. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Terse. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 800 sp. Chrysoprase (60 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a glaive on his belt. His hair is brown and very short. His fierce black eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born in the east. He worked as a nervous Mercenary and found it very stressful. He tends to his Mercenary job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 120 gp. Amber (160 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp).

Description: She wears baggy grey pantaloons and a white scarf. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is white and curly. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. 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: She was born into a rich family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 500 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp).

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly rapiers and bows. She has no hair. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Trym grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Trym. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This tall, slender woman is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright pastel and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her brown fur is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Shadow never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his shortspear with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His head has been shaved. He has violet eyes and a yellow hat with a black feather.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Naal was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. 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 Layabout. She's also a talented Armorer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Just what you see.