Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it, and is pretty ugly. She has brown hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He likes to wear black tank tops with pastel pants. He sports a flattop hair cut. This gold eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

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 an amazing painter.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This western man is dressed in earthy colors with a black and grey handkerchief worn on his right side. His clothes are grease stained in places. His purple hair, when down, is lengthy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Mantus alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Selfish, Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears bulky white painted plate armor. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a Laborer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Laborer for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

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. She has no hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Tanner born in the past three hundred years. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Kali was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She worked as a nervous Tanner and found it very stressful. She has worked as a Tanner like her mother before her.

Motivation: To be a Sculptor again; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 20 pp. Red garnet (160 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull white iron scale mail. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. 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 feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Lazy, Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 600 sp. Amethyst (110 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Painter. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born in the south. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and brown handkerchief worn on his right side. His rusty crest is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Courier arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has worked as a Courier like his father before him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 90 gp. Amber (70 gp).

Description: This western man wears a simple black robe with tan stripes complete with hood. His clothes are grease stained in places. His silver crest is long and unkept. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 800 sp.