Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. His gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1300 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is dressed in an above average manner. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. He is baby faced.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. Barendd was born on a far northern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Bather. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a falchion, but if one is not available she will default to her lance. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. She is baby faced.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Healer business.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A gifted student she started as a Armorer, but she got bored and became a Healer. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 20 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears just a grey suit. He sports a flattop hair cut. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Harbek hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His parents enrolled him in a Adept school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 50 gp. Azurite (4 gp). Malachite (4 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. Her hair is brown and very short. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Barrister business.

History: Tawar hails from a village terrorized by brigands. 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. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Persistence, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: Born in the south to a Bounty Hunter, Taklinn learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His childhood dream was to be a Cartwright, but he was a colossal failure. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1000 gp. Peridot (80 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Amethyst (110 gp).

Description: He usually wears his black robe and has his hammer always slung over his shoulder. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his hammer, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. He has done his best to style his white crest to look like a famous performer. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

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 made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Alexandrite (1100 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is wearing a long, blue cloak, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her blonde hair is singed and shortened. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When Valanthe reached her early adolescence her Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she is greedy

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Rich, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Buckler. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'2". He is dressed in an above average manner. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Barber who has hired him part-time. He takes great joy in being the best Barber in town.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. Gennal 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's also a talented Adventurer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He's in love; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Job, Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp).