Description: A middle-aged man, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and is pretty ugly. He wears his black hair down. His eyes are silver and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Miner arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 Miner. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Miner for the past few years.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 800 pp. Moss agate (7 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He wears his golden hair up. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Norûk is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Norûk lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 10000 sp. Malachite (6 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she wears tan trousers with blue and black striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She is a Soapmaker first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. 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-brother.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 800 sp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears baggy grey pantaloons and a blue scarf. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. His green eyes peer out from beneath his small grey hat.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Roofer who has hired him part-time. 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: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. 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 been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'1" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is wearing a tight grey one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She sports blonde long hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Animal Trainer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. He has blue eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Gnarsh was born with his mother's beautiful face. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He bought a shield and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature, Debt. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 14000 cp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a red coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Wiggan isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Courier. He's also a talented Actor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 50 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she prefers to wear tan clothing when she does not wear armor. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 400 gp.