Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He is portly but not overly obese. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Robert will drive conversation. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in the north to a Miner, Robert learned a great deal about his mother'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 Miner work with an outfit from a few towns over. Miner work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and balancing his hectic life and new miner responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a green shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and pastel pants. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He bought a nunchaku and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 4000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a blue top hat and blue clothes. She has golden hair. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Virra was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a tattered pair of loose pastel pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She keeps her long red fur kept up in a rat tail. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Bowyer business.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the west. 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 Bowyer. She has worked as a Bowyer like her father before her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new bowyer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She dresses like a well dressed Healer does. Her head has been shaved. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Guardian, Military, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 700 gp. Violet garnet (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears tattered old clothes. His fur is cut close to his head. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

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. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 500 gp. Sard (30 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp).

Description: This light-skinned male wears tattered old clothes. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His silver hair is singed and shortened. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 Beggar. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new beggar responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Lazy, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Sculptor arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 200 pp. Chalcedony (20 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Jade (60 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Jet (60 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). White opal (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a tan feathered hat and tan clothes. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Depressed, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Rich, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 9000 cp.