Description: This late middle aged man wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a morningstar on his belt and is in decent physical shape. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

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. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Aelar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Smoky quartz (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Eye agate (7 gp).

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a nunchaku on her belt. She carries with her a set of nunchakus on her belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Interpreter. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She got into the Interpreter business at a young age. Her childhood dream was to be a Actor, but she was a colossal failure. She tends to her Interpreter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Lazy, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1400 gp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a long, tan cloak, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'7" when asserting himself. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has worked as a Soapmaker like his mother before him.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Roofer; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She wears a black deerstalker hat and black clothes. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her head has been shaved. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Kansif was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She struck the Detective job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Banded agate (8 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears long strands of ruby and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She's also a talented Knight, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She has a missing left arm. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines yellow.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. After coming to the age of reason, Windy took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She became a Sailor soon after.

Motivation: To be a Guard again; and balancing her hectic life and new sailor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 50 pp. Silver pearl (90 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western woman dresses like a well dressed Painter does. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has slicked back black hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to end her boredom

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.