Description: She wears tattered old clothes. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her hair is red and curly. Her eyes are white and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was taken from her home at a very young age. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. She is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around her ears. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Xanaphia was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Guard work with an outfit from a few towns over. Guard work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is dark but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He wears dull brown sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed flail, just in case. His brown hair is heavily combed to the right. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. 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 will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Addict, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'2" and wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a shortspear on her belt. She keeps her brown hair in a flapper bob. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Elysande was born the youngest of three triplets. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the north were limited. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is dark but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His hair is long and brown with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Shane isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: The child of a Adventurer, who enjoyed hunting, Shane was taken on many hunting expeditions. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Adventurer; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sickle with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears his blonde hair up. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Family, Military, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her scarlet crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Gilkass lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Through the years after Gilkass was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Gilkass's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Hunter responsibilities is difficult; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is dressed in earthy colors with a green and brown handkerchief worn on his right side. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Paymon was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Slave. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears long strands of topaz and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born into a rich family. 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 built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1 Breastplate.