Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears his brown hair down. His ears are large.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He tends to his Soapmaker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Soapmaker responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job, In love. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 7000 sp.

Description: This man wears a brown vest and prefers green and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his right hand. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the right. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his small brown hat.

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 loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with his brother.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'7" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small brown clips. 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 is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 270 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp).

Description: She very much looks the part of a Banker. Her silver hair is smooth and relatively long. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has worked as a Banker like her father before her.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 4'5". He tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, and his gloved hand is found clutching a pickaxe. His hair is chestnut and very short. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Dilettante arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Dilettante.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. 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: Born to a Crown-heir, his father struggled to pay the bills. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. Recently the stress of being a Assassin has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 900 pp. Bloodstone (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a tan coat. Her white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: Unvera is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born in the east. Unvera was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Unvera decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 17000 cp.