Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His tied-back hair is blonde. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Norman and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to be a bellfounder again

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 500 sp. Sardonyx (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: An older man who wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings, he is not a threatening figure. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He comes from a rich northern 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. Some 7 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Sun never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. 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 has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 gp. Golden pearl (80 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: Sekhmet was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Sekhmet 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. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her lance with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'3" when asserting herself. Her hair is chestnut and curly. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Kristryd lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She found a children's book about a Dwarf Fighter who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Hedonist, Shy. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This western man wears silk and lounges about seductively. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is short and brown. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. 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: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 200 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His red fur is long and unkept. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed brown hat.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Skirt has worked very hard to control his curse. 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 money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 2200 gp. Obsidian (13 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Jet (150 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.