Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears dull green sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed mace, just in case. His gold crest is thinning but still full. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. 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 a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. After coming to the age of reason, Shamash took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears a red tunic with tan highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around his shoes. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Halander was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Shy. Bonds: Slave, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her brown hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. Trym was born on a far eastern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Banker. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 110 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 4'7" and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: Standing 5'0", this woman wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her hair is dark red and very short. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Astaro lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Family, Attractive. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, green shirt, and black tie. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. 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: Oda hails from a village terrorized by giants. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Oda has worked very hard to control her curse. After a long history of fighting, Oda and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman very much looks the part of a Performer, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has no crest. She has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born into a rich family. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Performer. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears bulky tan painted plate armor. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Carrie was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Priest. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Hedonist, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 6'0". She wears a brown feathered hat and brown clothes, and her gloved hand is found clutching a bastard sword. Her silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Golden pearl (100 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). 1 Buckler.