Description: She wears bulky red painted plate armor. She is physically well-built. She has wavy auburn hair. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Barkeep. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 900 gp. Gold music box (2000 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his pickaxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Hunter has worked very hard to control his curse. He has achieved small success as a Slave Trader.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She is an epitome of beauty. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed tan hat.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Born to a Tailor, her father struggled to pay the bills. As a very small child her family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. Her mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect her and cast a teleportation spell that whisked her away. Being a Blacksmith kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Obsidian (9 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Azurite (9 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Sardonyx (80 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a brown tunic with grey highlights, and long violet pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has styled her golden hair well, parting it to the right. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. Vicky enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Vicky lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has achieved small success as a Bookbinder.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Cynical, Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Job, Debt. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 250 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man usually wears his white robe and has his quarterstaff always slung over his shoulder, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Born to a Mason, his father struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Passionate, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'1" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a simple grey robe with black stripes complete with hood. Her golden hair is well kept. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Bolhild was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Bolhild decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Bookbinder born in the past three hundred years. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born in the south to a Bookbinder, Nora learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job, Religious, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 700 gp. Zircon (50 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Matilda alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and many gnolls want her driven away

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 40 gp. Aquamarine (500 gp). Zircon (80 gp).