Description: He very much looks the part of a Layabout. He carries a battered bastard sword and tarnished greataxe as well. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his top grey hat.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He got into the Layabout business at a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Layabout. He tends to his Layabout job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears a simple brown robe with black stripes complete with hood. He is physically well-built. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a yellow costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His red hair is lengthy. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gifted student he started as a Sage, but he got bored and became a Herbalist. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new herbalist responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 60 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light grey in addition to tight pants. She has slicked back red hair. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortbow.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1800 sp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Half-Plate.