Description: This eastern man is dressed in earthy colors with a pastel and blue handkerchief worn on his left side. His clothes are grease stained in places. His cinnamon fur, when down, is lengthy. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He takes great joy in being the best Blacksmith in town.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bastard sword.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion.

Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Guardian, Job, Debt, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 5000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 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 has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her silver hair is well kept. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She is a Ploughman first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Vorka was born the youngest of three triplets. She dropped out of school to support her sick mother, and resented it. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Job, Religious, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she dresses like a well dressed Slave Trader does. Her crest, while still mostly bronze, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are likewise red.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Slave Trader responsibilities is difficult; and expand her business

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 2900 sp.

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She carries with her a set of scythes, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a Blacksmith, her father struggled to pay the bills. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bella fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nykkan grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural tabaxi artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. Iolite (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Rose (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. He keeps his long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Born to a Herbalist, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Jebeddo grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Jebeddo. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Mishann was born the youngest of three triplets. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (10 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp).

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'8" when asserting himself. He wears his blonde hair down. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 100 gp. Amethyst (60 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 2'11" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has green eyes and a white hat with a black feather.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He's also a talented Dilettante, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 100 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (50 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp).