Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His black fur is thinning but still full. His eyes are amber and catlike.

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 takes great joy in being the best Courier in town.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

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

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Peridot (60 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Red garnet (150 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to reunite with his absent mother

Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 16000 sp.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has beige fur. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Brewer profession.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. She worked as a nervous Dilettante and found it very stressful. After a long history of fighting, Beast and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 11000 sp.

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly quarterstaffs and shields. Her hair is red and very short. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. 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: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: He stands about 5'6" and likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are blue.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Forgetful, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1000 gp. Blue quartz (6 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has purple hair. Her silver unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is a Painter first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Painter for hire.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 10000 cp. Freshwater pearl (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. She carries with her a set of shortbows on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears a violet vest and prefers brown and green shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His tied-back hair is black. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Theren never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 200 pp. Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.