Description: He wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. His cinnamon fur, when down, is lengthy. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep yellow.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Tricking lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Performer, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Layabout for hire.

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

Ideals: Opinionated, Optimist. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 pp. Rhodochrosite (14 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a hunchback. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the right. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He got into the Blacksmith business at a young age. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has worked as a Blacksmith like his mother before him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length brown hair. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Shamil was born with her father's beautiful face. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Fisher. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to clean up the streets

Bonds: Family, Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a green coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head. She carries a battered longsword and tarnished kukri as well. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Lilith was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Stableman hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. 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. Lilith fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Bonds: Religious, Mentor, Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, marred by chocolates. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Bellfounder business.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His purple hair is lengthy. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Leucis took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up greataxe and armor he uses now. He bought a greataxe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has wavy silver crest. Her gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with her Mayor father left her crippled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Animal Trainer business.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and many orcs want him driven away

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1600 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.