Description: This tall, slender man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. He has blue eyes and a grey hat with a black feather.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a simple green robe with tan stripes complete with hood. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the west were limited. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to protect his home

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 9000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp).

Description: This northern man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. His clothes are grease stained in places. He keeps his red crest in a flapper bob. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a Interpreter first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A gifted student he started as a Shipwright, but he got bored and became a Interpreter. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and expand his business

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a red tunic with green highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Nikki was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is content; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 7000 sp.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears blue trousers with green and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His head has been shaved. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents enrolled him in a Bard school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a herbalist and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This northern man wears silk and lounges about seductively. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the north. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Ruler hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze, marred by chocolates. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. He is baby faced.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born into a rich family. A freak accident while working with his Roofer mother left him crippled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears just a grey suit. Her hair is short and white. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man is renowned for his bright blue suits and hats and is in decent physical shape. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Vanuath enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He got into the Soapmaker business at a young age. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He tends to his Soapmaker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he's in love

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 3200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.