Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: Standing 4'11", this man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has green eyes.

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. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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: Sabotage a competitor; and he is greedy

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears tan trousers with brown and white striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He wears his blonde hair down. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Mayor born in the past three hundred years. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Peren has worked very hard to control his curse. He tends to his Mayor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 2200 sp. Moss agate (10 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears yellow trousers with blue and green striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Hatae isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Elven unity. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She became a Blacksmith soon after.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'8". She tends to wear a large black jacket. Her long black crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Family, Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears bulky red painted plate armor. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. The war was a terrible time for him, and Hobart does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a brown tunic with green highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears his auburn hair up. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. After a long history of fighting, Oloric and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Debt. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with red slacks. His hair is cut close to his head. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Spice Merchant 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 parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Ideals: Joker, Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 260 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A small bag of saffron. (70 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: Standing 4'5", this man sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Born in the west to a Servant, Duergath learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Duergath was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Duergath decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. After months of barely getting by, Duergath managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Family, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 3000 sp.