Description: This late middle aged woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Gifted from a young age, Mastema studied abroad. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the island due to the painful memories there. Mastema took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up shortspear and armor she uses now. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'4" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull violet iron scale mail. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Tenena hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She uses divination through singing.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Human people; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her hair is short and blue. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Bookbinder work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bookbinder work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. Being a Bookbinder kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

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

Ideals: Justice, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This man prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his left hand. His auburn hair is braided into rings. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Efferil will drive conversation. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Efferil was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 100 sp. Pink pearl (50 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. He has moderate length black hair. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

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. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Through the years after Caeldrim was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Caeldrim's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Caeldrim fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 150 gp. 4 Holy water.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'7". He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and his gloved hand is found clutching a monstrous two handed axe. His golden hair is long and unkept. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Frederick is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born to a Carter, his father struggled to pay the bills. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his father's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered drow who tried to eat his hand. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Frederick was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His red crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a Guard first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

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. A gifted student he started as a Bounty Hunter, but he got bored and became a Guard. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Zircon (70 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp).

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his glaive with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is a Brewer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He uses divination through singing.

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, Erdan took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 50 gp.