Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A freak accident while working with his Blacksmith mother left him crippled. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 300 gp. Eye agate (16 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. She has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her white robe. She has a hunchback. Her chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: A 4'9" western woman, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her top brown hat.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born in the west. Vicky was born on a far western desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Seamstress. She struck the Seamstress job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Seamstress responsibilities is difficult.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 700 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp).

Description: He stands about 5'9" and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is a great chef.

History: Alexandre was born with his mother's beautiful face. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Thunderstones. 2 Tanglefoot bags.