Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears dull brown sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed hand crossbow, just in case. He wears his white hair down. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Gerard was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Flaws: Mundane, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She very much looks the part of a Cartwright. She carries a battered falchion and tarnished club as well. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

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. She uses divination through singing.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears silk and lounges about seductively. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Shadow alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears a tan shirt, with a brown mid length skirt with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her red hair is greasy and uncared for. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Menny was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Jeweler. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Jeweler for hire.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. When Valanthe reached her early adolescence her Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Military, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This malnourished man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Miller. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Miller who has hired him part-time. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

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. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Religious, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 500 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. Her fur is gray and curly. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 120 gp. Citrine (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'4". He wears a blue shirt, with a black mid length shorts with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them, and his gloved hand is found clutching a scythe. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Pacifist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 270 gp.