Description: He is dressed in an above average manner, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'10" when asserting himself. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Aerdeth was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and doesn't want to be a butcher and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. She is physically well-built. Her brown hair is braided into rings. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Born to a Bookbinder, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She worked as a nervous Butcher and found it very stressful. She tends to her Butcher job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Butcher responsibilities is difficult; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 700 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears a blue collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has shaved his head bald. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. A true patriot, Ahvain would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He got into the Body Guard business at a young age. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He's also a talented Soapmaker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

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

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Military, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1500 gp. Gold music box (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears rags and sports a simple walking cane and is in decent physical shape. She wears her white hair down. Her ears are large.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Immigrant, Religious, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He prefers to wear white clothing when he does not wear armor. His tied-back hair is brown. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born in the south to a Tanner, Hoshû learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. One day when Hoshû was young, his mother was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly his mother dropped to the ground dead. His mother had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Hoshû was heart-stricken from the event, and his father started working long hours to provde for them. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: PTSD, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He prefers to wear green clothing when he does not wear armor. He has chestnut hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. 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, Vassago is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Carpenter. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and balancing his hectic life and new carpenter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 2900 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp).

Description: She has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She tends to her Priest job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His black fur is singed and shortened. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

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. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. He worked as a nervous Roofer and found it very stressful. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He wears his red crest down. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gold eyes.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Pijjirik was born the youngest of three triplets. A freak accident while working with his Engraver father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1500 gp.