Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has no hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Banker arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Alexandrite (200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he very much looks the part of a Shipwright. His brown hair is knotted and matted. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Born in the south to a Shipwright, John learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Shipwright work with an outfit from a few towns over. Shipwright work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and balancing his hectic life and new shipwright responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1000 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'6". She is wearing a long, violet cloak. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed violet hat.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Ahlyssa was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Sellsword. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. She carries with her a set of hammers on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. Her beige fur is knotted and matted. She wears an eyepatch.

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. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Cloud was born the youngest of three triplets. 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. She's also a talented Stableman, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to be a stableman again

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. A friendly and beautiful Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he is renowned for his bright green suits and hats. His blue hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are black and he is always smoking a pipe.

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. He uses divination through singing.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Nicor never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1100 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Hematite (16 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'10" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a tan costume with the symbols of magic on her torso. Her tied-back hair is blonde. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 north. She became a Mercenary soon after.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. 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: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Terse, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 9000 gp. Tourmaline (150 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Eye agate (11 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He prefers to wear white clothing when he does not wear armor. He has red hair. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He got into the Knight business at a young age. 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 struck the Knight job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1200 gp. Tourmaline (120 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Sard (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.