Description: This woman wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her left hand. Her bronze crest has been sun bleached extensively. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. 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: Nala was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

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

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 5000 sp.

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 is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and black handkerchief worn on his left side. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Heian hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. Heian is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. After a long history of fighting, Heian and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with pastel colored cloaks and clothing. His red fur is greasy and uncared for. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Jak's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. 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, Jak is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He got into the Layabout business at a young age. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is a great chef.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by goblins. Naamah was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2200 sp.

Description: He typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. He carries a battered monstrous two handed axe and tarnished bow as well. He has no crest. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Through the years after Pijjirik was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Pijjirik's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic, Mundane. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1900 gp. Moss agate (5 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Jade (130 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. After coming to the age of reason, Moon took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. After a long history of fighting, Moon and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a white tunic with green highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around her shoes. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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 has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, In love, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 170 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp).

Description: She wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. With wild blonde hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Jelenneth was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Disciplined, Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.