Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. His silver crest has been sun bleached extensively. This red eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. 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: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. His golden hair is still thick. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit men.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He found a children's book about a Human Expert who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He became a Shoemaker soon after.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is greedy

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'3". He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: The child of a Painter, who enjoyed hunting, Azaki was taken on many hunting expeditions. 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 now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 9000 sp. Moss agate (6 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She keeps her long bronze crest kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Slave Trader but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 900 gp. Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Sard (80 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Quarion liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1000 gp. Banded agate (8 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Blue diamond (4000 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and doesn't want to be a guard and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 2000 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Through the years after Thea was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Thea's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. 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: She's repulsed by the PC; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and usually wears his white robe and has his sickle always slung over his shoulder. His long silver hair reaches down to his waist. He is baby faced.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp. Moonstone (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp).

Description: An older woman who is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest, she is not a threatening figure. Her brass crest is knotted and matted. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She got into the Masseuse business at a young age. Gilkass liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She struck the Masseuse job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Emotional, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 gp. Star rose quartz (60 gp). Jasper (60 gp). 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.