Description: This malnourished woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has wavy white hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He stands about 5'11" and prefers to wear flannel. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: Gerald speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born into a rich family. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. After months of barely getting by, Gerald 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 doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is cut close to his head. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Theren embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. He takes great joy in being the best Baker in town.

History: Theren hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

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

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His scarlet crest is lengthy. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Quarethon is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. 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 been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her crest, while still mostly gold, has prominent grey streaks. She has red eyes.

Personality: She is a Slave Trader first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. 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 tends to her Slave Trader job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she wants to get laid

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Standing 5'11", this man wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His violet leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Farmer father left him crippled. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 6000 cp. Amethyst (160 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She has shaved her head bald. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. 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 has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She is wearing a long, tan cloak, marred by teas. Her silver hair is matted, messy, and big. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Gardener but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. 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 Gardener. She has worked as a Gardener like her mother before her.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and balancing her hectic life and new gardener responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 400 sp. Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Dain was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 2100 sp.