Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He is an epitome of beauty. His hair is auburn and curly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 100 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp).

Description: He wears a white shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and yellow pants. He is portly but not overly obese. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered south to less war torn lands. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 2000 cp. White pearl (110 gp).

Description: She stands about 5'7" and wears just a black suit. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her black eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Through the years after Kali was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Kali's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end her boredom

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish, Mundane. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 4000 cp. Deep green spinel (120 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He sports a flattop hair cut. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has golden hair. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Guard but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

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. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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 money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears a blue shirt, with a black mid length skirt with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her chestnut hair is cut short. Her hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Gnomish companion (her 'brother'). Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by goblins. Ridaro was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Impeccable. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 40 gp. Jet (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and is pretty ugly. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She got into the Healer business at a young age. Her first spouse was a Tailor, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears blue trousers with tan and blue striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His hair is short and chestnut. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he is content

Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 600 sp. 3 Thunderstones.

Description: 3'1" and muscular, this northern man is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 5000 cp. Red-brown spinel (120 gp). 1 Buckler.