Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She usually wears her red robe and has her sai always slung over her shoulder. Her black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She takes great joy in being the best Cook in town.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Gynnie 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 Gynnie. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Cook for hire.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Bonds: Job, Military, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: American accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. She has dyed her greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. A gifted student she started as a Fortune-teller, but she got bored and became a Performer. She struck the Performer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Fortune-teller again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1800 sp. Red garnet (70 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ozyman fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has gray eyes and a violet hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Erdan was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Merchant. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Merchant for hire.

Motivation: To be a Roofer again; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He is an epitome of beauty. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Tanglar's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is typically in her Dilettante uniform. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her left hand. Her golden hair is smooth and relatively long. Her ears are large.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. Lia enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Dilettante arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Dilettante work with an outfit from a few towns over. Dilettante work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Dilettante.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. 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: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Oloric never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Spice Merchant and was forced into it by his family; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, In love, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). 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: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She carries a battered warhammer and tarnished halberd as well. Her chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.