Description: She wears long strands of opal and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She wears her blonde hair up. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Verna was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. She carries with her a set of bastard swords on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She has slicked back brown hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She uses divination through singing.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Silaqui fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Armorer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 2800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'2". He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. His golden hair is knotted and matted. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is in excellent shape and dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. 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 was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1300 sp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body, marred by chocolates. Her hair is short and auburn. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Jeweler who has hired her part-time. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: Wants a kiss.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Born in the south to a Bricklayer, Williamina learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A gifted student she started as a Servant, but she got bored and became a Bricklayer. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears professional attire. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Through the years after Tawar was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Tawar's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand her business

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 160 gp. Jade (110 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She very much looks the part of a Stableman. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Military, Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Amber (120 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.