Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Butcher but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 gp. Sardonyx (30 gp).

Description: He typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. He is portly but not overly obese. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Zog was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. 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 clean up the streets; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Persistence, Professionalism. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Guardian. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 3000 cp. Brown-green garnet (140 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His white hair is singed and shortened. His silver eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 4'11" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is renowned for his bright blue suits and hats. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has styled her brass crest well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Through the years after Ruloth was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Ruloth's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned female wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Tailor who has hired her part-time. 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 served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Has a crush, Religious, Military. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His blonde hair is braided into rings. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is a Guard first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He worked as a nervous Guard and found it very stressful. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and likes to wear red tank tops with violet pants. He sports a flattop hair cut. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. A true patriot, Ombul would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in the west to a Carter, Ombul learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.