Description: This western man wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His clothes are grease stained in places. His head has been shaved. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Soapmaker. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He struck the Soapmaker job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

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

Possessions: 1800 sp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: She wears a white costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She wears her chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Mundane, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Nature, In love. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 340 pp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (3000 gp).

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat, and he perpetually has his falchion ready. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bookbinder hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1400 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears tattered old clothes. Her silver hair is still thick. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is white, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. His tied-back hair is brown. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. 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 Roofer. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: To be a Knight again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 140 gp. Sard (30 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This younger middle-aged man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His hair is white and curly. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is a great chef.

History: Delebean was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mortician and was forced into it by his family; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: In love, Job, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. Her long rusty crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She got into the Assassin business at a young age. Kadana was born on a far southern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Assassin. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and to be a soapmaker again

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.