Description: An older woman who wears a red collared shirt and pastel skirt. She accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Vani grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Vani. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Coral (50 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp).

Description: 5'10" and muscular, this northern man wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. 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 never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Theriatis grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Theriatis. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

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 a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Vanchu was born with her mother's beautiful face. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Attractive. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: Standing 4'4", this man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His golden hair is cut short. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is harsh and unforgiving.

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 Locksmith mother left him crippled. After a long history of fighting, Morgran and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a yellow collared shirt and red pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears professional attire. Her fur is white and curly. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her feathered pastel hat.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Seven was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Zircon (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). 1 Simple lock.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 4'0". He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and his gloved hand is found clutching a kukri. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Harbek grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She wears suspenders and brown workpants. Her shirt is pastel, and she wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. Her long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Mary lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She tends to her Mayor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing pastel cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. Her red fur is heavily combed to the right. Her ears are large.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Fragrant is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Fragrant was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 20 pp.