Description: This woman is very fat, and wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. Her golden hair is matted, messy, and big. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. As a very small child her family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. Her father, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect her and cast a teleportation spell that whisked her away. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears suspenders and blue workpants. Her shirt is grey, and she wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'11" when asserting herself. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Body Guard arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a blue vest and prefers pastel and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair is long and golden with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and 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

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His white hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: Feng hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. The war was a terrible time for him, and Feng does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Body Guard arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Feng alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 27000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he is wearing a long, grey cloak. His golden hair is lengthy. He has gray eyes and a grey hat with a blue feather.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Map Maker. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Job, Military, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 4000 cp. Jet (70 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'4" and has a large violet mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her red robe. Her red hair is unkempt and raggedy. She is baby faced.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She got into the Ploughman business at a young age. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She struck the Ploughman job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and expand her business

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: An older woman who wears baggy brown pantaloons and a grey scarf, she is not a threatening figure. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Gifted from a young age, Quick studied abroad. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 6 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Quick never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 150 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). 1 Minor magic item.