Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She wears brown trousers with white and violet striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts, marred by sweets. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears long strands of opal and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 60000 cp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and carries nunchakus. He has red hair. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He refers to his adoptive father 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 a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Oppleby was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Oppleby's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with his brother.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A 6'0" northern man, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. His eyes are green.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in the north to a Carpenter, Mord learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and expand his business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a white vest and prefers violet and grey shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down and is in decent physical shape. Her tied-back hair is golden. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She got into the Bounty Hunter business at a young age. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Bounty Hunter for hire.

Motivation: To be a Shepherd again; and balancing her hectic life and new bounty hunter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Job, Military. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is yellow, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. He has brown eyes and a blue hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He became a Miller soon after.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Adventurer, Poor, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 290 pp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears pastel trousers with tan and black striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her fur is short and red. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born in a small plains village. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Nature. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is typically in her Apothecary uniform. She is physically well-built. She wears a colorful flower in her black hair. Her half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Dilettante profession.

History: Purah was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her childhood dream was to be a Dilettante, but she was a colossal failure. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Apothecary and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: To be a Dilettante again.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He carries with him a set of shields on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. His silver hair is still thick. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He refers to his adoptive father 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: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His first spouse was a Guard, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 80 pp. Rhodochrosite (9 gp). 1 Simple lock.