Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

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 has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born into a rich family. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a green shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and green pants. He has rusty crest. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Nithther hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Nithther was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Nithther's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears dull green sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed hammer, just in case, and is pretty ugly. His brass crest is heavily combed to the left. He is baby faced.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Healer who has hired him part-time. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Spice Merchant. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Spice Merchant; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Artistic, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 2700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears long strands of amethyst and short yellow dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly hammers and lances. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Riardon was born with his father's beautiful face. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Attractive. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and he perpetually has his rapier ready. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker black hat.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Skak has worked very hard to control his curse. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. Her head has been shaved. Her face is scarred and worn.

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. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. 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: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Scribe does. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Darrow is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her gold crest is smooth and relatively long. Her gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Vezera grew up listening to her father's many stories. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Addict, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 120 pp.