Description: This light-skinned female wears silk and lounges about seductively. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her hair is golden and curly. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man typically wears red cloth garments or leather armor. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1000 cp. Azurite (4 gp).

Description: He wears red painted combat armor at almost all times, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'4" when asserting himself. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Watson was born with his father's beautiful face. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He's also a talented Mortician, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Mortician again.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her red crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. Burana enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion.

Flaws: Racist, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her black hair is lengthy. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. 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. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Justice, Philantrophist. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His red eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed green hat.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. 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 has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, brown shirt, and green tie. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his warhammer, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. His red crest is thinning but still full. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He carries a battered shortspear and tarnished hammer as well. His hair is short and brown. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: This man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his left hand. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Tharivol enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Tharivol 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. Tharivol 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. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

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: Depressed, Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 70 gp. Silver pearl (150 gp).