Description: This woman stands a little under 5'3" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She very much looks the part of a Soapmaker. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Soapmaker for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Actor again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Black pearl (200 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a black coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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 Performer. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted, Impeccable. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears dull red sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed hammer, just in case. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Cartwright profession.

History: He got into the Body Guard business at a young age. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He is physically well-built. He sports a flattop hair cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

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 is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Chem has worked very hard to control his curse. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 60000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. She carries a battered ceremonial dagger and tarnished flail as well. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. A friendly and beautiful Halfling, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. A gifted student she started as a Apothecary, but she got bored and became a Shipwright. She has worked as a Shipwright like her father before her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tieflings.

History: He was born in a small plains village. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 40 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 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 chestnut hair down. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Tiaathque hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born in the north to a Sage, Tiaathque learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A gifted student she started as a Body Guard, but she got bored and became a Sage. She has achieved small success as a Sage.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1900 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it, marred by sweets. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Cockaby hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He's also a talented Weaver, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 900 gp.