Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has slicked back chestnut hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born into a rich family. Birel liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 gp. Rose (70 gp). Jade (160 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears professional attire. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Actor for the past few years.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Religious, In love, Military. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 2000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (20 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (20 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a fancy white suit. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He got into the Soapmaker business at a young age. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She wears professional attire. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her hammer, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. Her dark red hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her white eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the north. A gifted student she started as a Bounty Hunter, but she got bored and became a Cook. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'0" and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her parents were killed by goblins in a raid when she was still a young child. The goblins captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her hair is short and brown. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Locksmith hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Locksmith.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Forgetful, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He is an epitome of beauty. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Bounty Hunter but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in the west to a Bounty Hunter, Bertram learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He struck the Bounty Hunter job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Performer. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 3000 sp. White opal (800 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Red spinel (150 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His blue hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 300 sp. Lapis lazuli (16 gp).