Description: He is a husky man, who is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Alvyn hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Performer for hire.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 3000 gp. Tourmaline (150 gp). Sard (20 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 5'1", this man tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the left. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This man wears tattered old clothes, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His black hair is cut short. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. 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 was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Carpenter. He became a Carpenter soon after.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 8000 cp. Zircon (50 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a worn and beaten armor. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He carries a battered greataxe and tarnished falchion as well. His brown hair is matted, messy, and big. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the east were limited. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Cook.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Cook responsibilities is difficult; and to be a scribe again

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'11". She wears bulky grey painted plate armor. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Shoemaker business.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Bather. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Arumawann has worked very hard to control his curse. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 140 pp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are red.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Mamnen was born the youngest of three triplets. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. After a long history of fighting, Mamnen and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Laborer and was forced into it by his family; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1400 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. 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 knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 400 gp.