Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and is well dressed, constantly wearing a yellow suit, blue shirt, and white tie. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her red hair is greasy and uncared for. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She got into the Courier business at a young age. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She tends to her Courier job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Obsidian (13 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. At a young age his mother died while driving off some giants. His father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in monstrous two handed axe use. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Enemies, Debt. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She very much looks the part of a Herbalist. Her white hair is knotted and matted. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Kallista 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. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Kallista was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She worked as a nervous Herbalist and found it very stressful. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Herbalist for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 370 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is dressed in a clean white cloak covering her clean studded leather. She carries with her a set of pickaxes on her belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. Her long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She is mildly Halfling supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. 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: Elven compassion.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: This woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on her left hand. Her fur is black and very short. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Kite will drive conversation. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Kite hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Kite was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Kite decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. After months of barely getting by, Kite managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Extrovert, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, In love, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 11000 sp. Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp).

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Dyer for the past few years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a simple pastel robe with black stripes complete with hood. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. This hazel eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She hates Tabaxis with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She takes great joy in being the best Body Guard in town.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1300 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Jade (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a tattered pair of loose red pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has wavy white hair. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. 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: Gifted from a young age, Pikar studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Pikar took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. After a long history of fighting, Pikar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield. 1 Breastplate. 1 Breastplate. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: She wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple red line shooting up and back down. She sports red long hair. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her top brown hat.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born into a rich family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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: Retire the richest woman in the south; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 11000 sp. Tourmaline (50 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.