Description: An older man who wears a worn and beaten armor, he is not a threatening figure. His black hair is thinning but still full. His silver eyes peer out from beneath his broad black hat.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Laborer. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1400 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and dresses well, wearing red shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 2200 sp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her fur, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. The war was a terrible time for her, and Shifting does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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 ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Hunter for the past few years.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Nature. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 200 sp. Star rose quartz (40 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. He has amber eyes and a brown hat with a violet feather.

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 refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Persistence, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 10000 sp. Silver pearl (50 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: Azaki hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has achieved small success as a Bookbinder.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bookbinder responsibilities is difficult; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears bulky black painted plate armor. His dark red hair is smooth and relatively long. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 42. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. His brown fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

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. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism, Fighting, Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 48000 sp. 1 Disguise kit. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Military, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman has the majority of her body covered in plate, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her brown hair is cut short. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 800 sp.