Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with red colored cloaks and clothing. His tied-back hair is golden. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born in the west. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the west were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Black star sapphire (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His head has been shaved. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Barfa was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Barfa decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. After months of barely getting by, Barfa managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her right hand. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Prosperine is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. While she appears to be a normal Tiefling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 500 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (10 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she usually wears her black robe and has her axe always slung over her shoulder, and is pretty ugly. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Sculptor arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Courier they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Sculptor, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and doesn't want to be a sculptor and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Addict. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 4'11". She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, and her gloved hand is found clutching a flail. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Guardian, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears skinny pants and wears a violet and blue robe with the hood down. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. 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: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new cartwright responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'1" when asserting herself. She has a long auburn ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a grey scarf. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

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. A friendly and beautiful Human, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Aldous hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he wants revenge against orcs

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 2000 sp. Eye agate (6 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Jet (80 gp). Jet (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears green trousers with white and violet striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His rusty crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Gargax will drive conversation. 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 to a Bowyer, his father struggled to pay the bills. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Violet garnet (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp).