Description: 5'3" and muscular, this southern woman wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: This woman wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her right hand. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born in the east. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 4000 cp. White pearl (110 gp).

Description: A 5'4" northern man, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. He has white hair. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. 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: To be a Assassin again; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her dark red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Family, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Moonstone (20 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp).

Description: 2'11" and muscular, this eastern man tends to wear a large red jacket. His head has been shaved. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the east. Pirithin was born on a far eastern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Jeweler. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Military. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is short and black. He has violet eyes and a white hat with a brown feather.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is an amazing painter.

History: Grom hails from a village terrorized by giants. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. After a long history of fighting, Grom and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She prefers to wear flannel. Sporting a silver mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Laborer arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 260 gp.