Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and expand his business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 400 gp. Jasper (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). 1 Breastplate. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This late middle aged man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather and is in decent physical shape. He wears his blue hair up. He is baby faced.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Raam was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist, Impeccable. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 110 pp. Lapis lazuli (14 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'7" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears tattered old clothes. She keeps her auburn hair in a flapper bob. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Brewer but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Slave. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a blue vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her blue boots flare out at the collars. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She found a children's book about a Gnome Expert 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. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 5000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Jasper (20 gp). White opal (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a pastel vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his pastel boots flare out at the collars. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Glassblower but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the south. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 7000 sp.

Description: 5'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Rolf was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his lance with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 4000 sp. Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp).

Description: He likes to wear yellow tank tops with black pants. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Gomory alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Red spinel (60 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp).