Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is dressed in earthy colors with a black and pastel handkerchief worn on her left side. She wears her blue hair down. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gold.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 600 sp. Tourmaline (140 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His auburn hair is cut short. He has blue eyes and a tan hat with a black feather.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. 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 made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Roger was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Roger was born on a far northern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Sailor. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 10 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). 1 Holy water.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'1". She is typically in her Painter uniform. Her gold crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. Her red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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 is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has worked as a Painter like her father before her.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Zircon (70 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: She wears dull brown sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed club, just in case, and carries clubs. Her brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker brown hat.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Emeny embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. After a long history of fighting, Emeny and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Carter

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. 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 a Locksmith first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born into a rich family. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Locksmith responsibilities is difficult; and expand his business

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1000 cp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a white vest and prefers grey and red shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His head has been shaved. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Gifted, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 sp. Hematite (5 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears dull yellow sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed quarterstaff, just in case. Her white hair is wavy and long. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. While she appears to be a normal Half-Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 20 pp.