Description: He very much looks the part of a Merchant, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'4" when asserting himself. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length gold crest. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Merchant. He struck the Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 110 pp. Rose (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her silver hair is lengthy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. A gifted student she started as a Carpenter, but she got bored and became a Healer. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing her hectic life and new healer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She wears her auburn hair down. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Elysande was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Monk, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Monk in service of a powerful lord somewhere. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: 5'0" and muscular, this western woman is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She keeps her long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Star rose quartz (50 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a white costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. While she appears to be a normal Half-Orc, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. After a long history of fighting, Arha and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her silver hair is matted, messy, and big. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born to a Seamstress, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. His fur is short and gray. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

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 is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Leaf hails from a village terrorized by giants. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Leaf grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Leaf. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Zircon (20 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Hematite (15 gp).