Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He carries a battered trident and tarnished sword as well. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

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 always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Ruler business.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. Her brown fur is long and unkept. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady yellow eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She got into the Dyer business at a young age. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Being a Dyer kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Dyer responsibilities is difficult; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 90 gp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp). 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Lamlûg grew up listening to his father's many stories. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hammer.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'0" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her hair is cut close to her head. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She got into the Detective business at a young age. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly sickles and greataxes. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

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 spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She found a children's book about a Halfling Expert who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Debt. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. 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 spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is a great chef.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Ekemon was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Ekemon was born on a far western island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Dyer. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears just a black suit. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has dyed her greying purple hair a little too much giving a sharp purple color. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was born in the south. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Bounty Hunter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bounty Hunter work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Bounty Hunter for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 500 gp. Pink pearl (50 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Amber (50 gp).