Description: He wears a brown tunic with black highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. 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 born to loving parents in a slum to the north. 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. After a long history of fighting, Heward and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 500 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a green shirt, with a red mid length skirt with red tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She has red hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is a Fletcher first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Manea was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the south were limited. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1000 gp. Red spinel (100 gp). Rose (50 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a grey tunic with red highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around her shoes. With bright auburn hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. Now she works as a singing tutor during her time off.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Mentor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: He wears a white wide-brimmed hat and white clothes. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born to a Spy, his father struggled to pay the bills. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Mason responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 40000 cp. Red spinel (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Joker, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her left hand. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the left. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 4000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. He wears his blonde hair up. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Osco is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Opinionated, Justice. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Sporting a auburn mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She got into the Fisher business at a young age. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. After months of barely getting by, Mary managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy scarlet crest. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has a hunchback. She has no crest. Her ears are large.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She worked as a nervous Fletcher and found it very stressful. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Fletcher and was forced into it by her family; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 5000 sp. Coral (130 gp). Rose (30 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp).