Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born in the east to a Herbalist, Damien learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is his passion; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. Her white crest is heavily combed to the right. Her ears are large.

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 always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Blacksmith business.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she sports yellow clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has wavy golden hair. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. After a long history of fighting, Rinn and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This malnourished woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has amber eyes and a blue hat with a black feather.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Bather again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 60000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She is physically well-built. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This woman is wearing a long, green cloak. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her right hand. She sports a flattop crest cut. She has gold eyes and a green hat with a blue feather.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Scribe who has hired her part-time. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born in a small forest village. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Nature, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 160 gp. Coral (60 gp).

Description: 5'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a blue wide-brimmed hat and blue clothes. His hair is short and chestnut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Passionate, Professionalism. Flaws: Disease, Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 17000 sp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.