Description: This exceptionally lanky man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. His hair is cut close to his head. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born in the west. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. 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 greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 18000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has moderate length silver hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She takes great joy in being the best Servant in town.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 4000 gp. Sard (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Jet (80 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Peren grew up listening to his father's many stories. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Red spinel (40 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Amber (40 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a black cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'4" when asserting herself. She keeps her brass crest in a pixie cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Farmer arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Farmer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Farmer work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She struck the Farmer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1400 gp. Malachite (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Coral (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has moderate length blue crest. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A freak accident while working with her Apothecary mother left her crippled. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 600 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp).

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull green iron scale mail. He is physically well-built. His hair is long and red with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Norsko is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 2200 sp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. Antinua enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has worked as a Mason like her mother before her.

Motivation: To be a Spy again; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 300 gp.