Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His silver eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Akmen grew up listening to his father's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is his passion; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 120 pp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp).

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame, and carries scimitars. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Fargas was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A freak accident while working with his Assassin mother left him crippled. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Fargas fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp).

Description: This man wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Tiefling culture. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Courier profession.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Racist, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 40000 cp.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a brown vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her brown boots flare out at the collars. She wears her chestnut hair up. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and money/treasure

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Secretive, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 30000 cp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She wears her blue hair down. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Sekhmet is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears brown trousers with grey and blue striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her golden hair is greasy and uncared for. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: Eleanor lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears long strands of sapphire and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Gardener who has hired her part-time. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. After a long history of fighting, Malquis and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's in love; and wants a kiss

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Has a crush, Mentor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: She wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. She is portly but not overly obese. She is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around her ears. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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: She's repulsed by the PC; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.