Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He got into the Actor business at a young age. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Ratak alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. Black pearl (300 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp).

Description: A 5'7" northern man, he wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He is baby faced.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: The child of a Bookbinder, who enjoyed hunting, Rûkdûg was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a hunchback. His silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Ruler hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Joker, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 44000 sp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears bulky white painted plate armor. His tied-back hair is auburn. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Carpenter. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He got into the Carpenter business at a young age. Ûshbaka abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Jeweler. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Job, Religious, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 6'3" western man, he sports pastel clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His red fur is unkempt and raggedy. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Actor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Locksmith. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He's in love; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 7000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver ewer (30 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 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 (30 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (150 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 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: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Sailor. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He keeps his blonde hair in a pixie cut. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Traubon enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Traubon hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Sailor and was forced into it by his family.

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 230 pp. Bloodstone (50 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His brown hair is knotted and matted. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He struck the Brewer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Brewer responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insane, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Peridot (40 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak, and is pretty ugly. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A freak accident while working with her Scribe mother left her crippled. She 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 her childhood friend

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 13000 cp.

Description: An older man who prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor, he is not a threatening figure. He wears a colorful flower in his bronze crest. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Forgetful, Mundane, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.