Description: This southern man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His clothes are grease stained in places. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a dagger on his belt. He carries with him a set of daggers on his belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. His auburn hair is still thick. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Fallond was born with his mother's beautiful face. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Attractive. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 100 pp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 2'10" eastern man, he is dressed in an above average manner. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. He is baby faced.

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 keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Layabout work with an outfit from a few towns over. Layabout work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Layabout responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 12000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blue stubble. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, grey shirt, and white tie. He has a hunchback. He keeps his blue hair in a pixie cut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Xappan embodies much of what other species detest in the Tieflings. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A freak accident while working with his Barber father left him crippled. After a long history of fighting, Xappan and his spouse have recently divorced.

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; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 100 pp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (110 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Silver ewer (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is typically in her Laborer uniform. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her black eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Phelaia embodies much of what other species detest in the Tieflings. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A freak accident while working with her Sellsword father left her crippled. After a long history of fighting, Phelaia and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He tends to wear a grey poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. Sporting a white mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His childhood dream was to be a Bricklayer, but he was a colossal failure. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Golden pearl (130 gp).

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. In her 19th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

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

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has wavy black hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Justice, Opinionated. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 700 gp. Star ruby (1400 gp).