Description: This late middle aged man wears black painted combat armor at almost all times and is in decent physical shape. His silver hair is long and unkept. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Mantus is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 150 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His black hair is singed and shortened. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He hates Half-Orcs with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Orc conditions. Being a Junk Dealer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'9" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Her childhood dream was to be a Healer, but she was a colossal failure. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and sabotage a competitor

Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature, Job, In love. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His white hair is thinning but still full. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His black hair is cut short. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Percival will drive conversation. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Percival was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 160 gp. Amber (90 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was born in a small island village. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Jasmine alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Seamstress who has hired her part-time. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Seamstress business.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. A gifted student she started as a Stableman, but she got bored and became a Seamstress. She struck the Seamstress job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a red shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and violet pants. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her blue eyes.

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: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Philomena grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Philomena. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. Her head has been shaved. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born in a small island village. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She bought a dagger and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 2000 cp. Deep green spinel (80 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Obsidian (6 gp).