Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Stableman. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Secretive, Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A 5'5" northern woman, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She wears her blonde hair up. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her childhood dream was to be a Soapmaker, but she was a colossal failure. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Dilettante.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and balancing her hectic life and new dilettante responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 2200 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a grey feathered hat and grey clothes, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He keeps his golden hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Persistence, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: In love, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Stylist

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

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her auburn hair is lengthy. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears an entirely black suit with pastel socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She wears a colorful flower in her silver crest. 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's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 90 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her fur is gray and very short. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Adventurer. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Adventurer for hire.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Adventurer responsibilities is difficult; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He found a children's book about a Half-Elf Cleric who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Violet garnet (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.