Description: The light-skinned man stands 6'6" and has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his tan robe. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). 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 has decided he is irredeemable; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Through the years after Nedda was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Nedda's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His brown hair is lengthy. His ears are large.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Drogo grew up listening to his father's many stories. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Drogo has worked very hard to control his curse. During his travels, Drogo and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Drogo discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Drogo fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 6000 cp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a monstrous two handed axe, but if one is not available he will default to his lance. His purple hair is knotted and matted. His white eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Crowbar.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She keeps her silver hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are likewise silver. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Tieflings in Shax's homeland. Shax decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 100 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. Vorka is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Vorka lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Vorka 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 Vorka. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Banker they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Crown-heir, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Crown-heir and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp). 1 Hourglass.

Description: This woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her golden hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: Siffress hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 100 sp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (30 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 5'4". He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

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. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Raer was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Crown-heir for hire.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to be a adventurer again

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 5000 cp.