Description: She sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She carries a battered pickaxe and tarnished trident as well. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Mercenary they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Guard, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and many orcs want her driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Doctor business.

History: Kildrak was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and expand his business

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 270 pp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (110 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (30 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp).

Description: This man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His white crest is greasy and uncared for. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Ghesh lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1600 gp. Sard (80 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His white fur has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are green 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 has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He tends to his Carpenter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new carpenter responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1200 gp. Moss agate (13 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears brown trousers with grey and black striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She has shaved her head bald. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Yvonne never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: To unite with her sister.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears dull tan sweaters, loose red pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed spear, just in case. He has wavy auburn hair. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect his home

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Nature, Guardian. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a simple blue robe with white stripes complete with hood. Her black hair is lengthy. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is a Hunter first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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 blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Hunter for hire.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 500 pp. Moss agate (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Born to a Junk Dealer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

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

Description: She wears baggy brown pantaloons and a violet scarf. Her yellow fur is long and unkept. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; 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: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 900 gp.