Description: A middle-aged man, he dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with yellow slacks, and is pretty ugly. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Secretive, Insane, Fearful. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 250 gp. Chrysoprase (60 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: This western man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his gold crest down. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and balancing his hectic life and new body guard responsibilities is difficult

Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Guardian, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1000 pp. Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Amber (100 gp). Iolite (60 gp).

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She sports chestnut long hair. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her top grey hat.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Jane grew up listening to her father's many stories. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Jane took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up lance and armor she uses now. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls; and someone believes her a fraud

Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

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

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his rapier with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He keeps his long gray fur kept up in a rat tail. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Architect.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Nature, Religious, In love. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1000 sp. Violet garnet (300 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born in the south. Ubada was born on a far southern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Barber. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He dresses like a well dressed Shoemaker does. His brown hair is lengthy. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Shoemaker. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born in the south. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

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

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her blonde hair is well kept. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Orc in existence. Oolah is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born in a small desert village. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family, Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Shanairla was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Fletcher.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Has a crush, Adventurer, Job, Religious. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1300 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp).

Description: This woman is typically in her Junk Dealer uniform. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her right hand. Her white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. A gifted student she started as a Marshal, but she got bored and became a Junk Dealer. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Job, Rich, Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 500 gp. Deep green spinel (40 gp).