Description: This man wears tattered old clothes. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His red crest is still thick. He has red eyes.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Sage business.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She keeps her chestnut hair in a pixie cut. Her black eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Nija enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Sensitive, Hedonist. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 8000 sp. Citrine (60 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Shump is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, In love, Attractive. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Star ruby (900 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a tan vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his tan boots flare out at the collars. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His green eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed tan hat.

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 an amazing painter.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and balancing his hectic life and new shipwright responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a blue coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His eyes are green.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Uthemar hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 11000 sp.

Description: This malnourished man wears suspenders and pastel workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy pastel leather apron most of the time. His beige fur is lengthy. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. 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: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the west were limited. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: She stands about 5'10" and is typically in her Bowyer uniform. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her gray fur is greasy and uncared for. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Quick was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 500 gp. Red spinel (50 gp).

Description: An older man who wears baggy blue pantaloons and a white scarf, he is not a threatening figure. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. 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: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Elven doctor. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Half-Elven compassion.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Mundane. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Eye agate (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 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 her face, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born in a small island village. Her childhood dream was to be a Farmer, but she was a colossal failure. She has achieved small success as a Barrister.

Motivation: To be a Farmer again; and expand her business

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp. Alexandrite (1100 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Sard (30 gp).