Description: This late middle aged man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment and is in decent physical shape. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Purban was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined, Optimist, Persistence. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His scarlet crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He works hard and plays hard.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs, he is not a threatening figure. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the left. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish, Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 13000 cp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she dresses like a well dressed Beggar does. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born to a Mortician, her father struggled to pay the bills. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Beggar.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence, Extrovert. Bonds: Job, Poor, Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern woman wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Hrathy was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 70 pp. A small bag of saffron. (70 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. His golden hair is long and unkept. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Seamstress born in the past three hundred years. The war was a terrible time for him, and Morgran does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His childhood dream was to be a Marshal, but he was a colossal failure. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military, Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 130 pp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She found a children's book about a Elf Commoner who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she has a crush on the local brewer

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears bulky tan painted plate armor. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. 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: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered south to less war torn lands. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Criminal record, Guardian. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (80 gp).