Description: This woman is very fat, and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright yellow and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. This violet eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Alice hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. At some point she was captured by gnolls and was tortured. After several years of this she finally managed to escape. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 30 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp).

Description: 4'11" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has amber eyes and a violet hat with a red feather.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. The war was a terrible time for her, and Baelitae does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born in the west. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Flaws: Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is short and brown. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Soapmaker work with an outfit from a few towns over. Soapmaker work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is white and curly. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Banker.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Job, Military, Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Stylist. She has shaved her head bald. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born to a Spy, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her childhood dream was to be a Spy, but she was a colossal failure. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'0" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Hadarai is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Hadarai grew up listening to his mother's many stories. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a blue coat. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This malnourished woman is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Miner. Her hair is blonde and very short. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Gunnloda is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Gunnloda was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Gunnloda decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Just what you see.