Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He dresses like a well dressed Guard does. His hair is cut close to his head. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Guard. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing his hectic life and new guard responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 4000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She typically wears violet cloth garments or leather armor. She is an epitome of beauty. Her hair is golden and curly. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Adelaide lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 800 pp. Solid gold idol (1000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (50 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Delebean liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears an entirely violet suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her blonde hair is cut short. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her feathered violet hat.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She struck the Soapmaker job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 100 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Silver ewer (10 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a tan shirt with thin white vertical stripes and brown pants. She has slicked back chestnut hair. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the west. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Andraste alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1200 sp. Tourmaline (70 gp).

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a longbow, but if one is not available she will default to her spear. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: Vicky was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She worked as a nervous Priest and found it very stressful. She's also a talented Dilettante, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He dresses like a well dressed Soapmaker does. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Soapmaker arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has worked as a Soapmaker like his father before him.

Motivation: 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; and balancing his hectic life and new soapmaker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 300 gp.