Description: He is scrawny and has patchy bronze crest. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. He has a hunchback. His crest is bronze and curly. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Gorbundus 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. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He dresses like a well dressed Servant does. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Tree was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Tree decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is typically in his Barkeep uniform. He has shaved his head bald. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Barkeep. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Orc conditions. He tends to his Barkeep job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. He has brown hair. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He's also a talented Layabout, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to be a layabout again

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a violet costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His long brown hair reaches down to his waist. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears an entirely red suit with violet socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Dondon was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. A gifted student he started as a Map Maker, but he got bored and became a Dyer. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 700 gp. Freshwater pearl (12 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her hair is short and golden. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Nurkara abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Black pearl (400 gp). Azurite (13 gp).