Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with tan colored cloaks and clothing. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. A gifted student he started as a Barkeep, but he got bored and became a Herbalist. He tends to his Herbalist job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and expand his business

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. 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: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with yellow colored cloaks and clothing. She is physically well-built. She keeps her chestnut hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She takes great joy in being the best Stableman in town.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She found a children's book about a Half-Elf Ranger who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 30000 cp. Jasper (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman prefers to wear flannel. Her hair is brown and very short. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born in the east to a Dilettante, Nija learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Coral (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Coral (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman usually wears her black robe and has her bow always slung over her shoulder, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. 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: To reunite with her absent mother; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a black coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. She has moderate length chestnut hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 300 gp. Blue quartz (16 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor. He keeps his black fur in a pixie cut. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a tanner and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, In love, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. His crest is white and curly. He has red eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

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 was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He tends to his Barrister job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is content; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 30000 cp. Alexandrite (500 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'2" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. Her long blonde hair reaches down to her waist. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 17. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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. Being a Baker 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'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp.