Description: This man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes., and sports empty pouches on his belt. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Rurik was born with his mother's beautiful face. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job, Debt. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. She has done her best to style her blue crest to look like a famous performer. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Herbalist business.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents enrolled her in a Paladin school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She wears a fancy black dress, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'7" when asserting herself. She wears her chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of drow once and for all.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her druidic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has black hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Scribe for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 19000 cp.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He carries a battered warhammer and tarnished nunchaku as well. His head has been shaved. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Pûgrish lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Weaver they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Mercenary, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 30000 cp. Banded agate (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Star ruby (600 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His hair is auburn and very short. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. 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 is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Passionate, Joker. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Debt. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a white coat with black slacks. Her red hair is lengthy. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the south. A freak accident while working with her Fletcher father left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 gp.