Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'0" when asserting herself. Her auburn hair is long and unkept. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Born in the west to a Seamstress, Nora learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. After coming to the age of reason, Nora took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She struck the Seamstress job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 400 pp. Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Malachite (12 gp).

Description: He wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. His golden hair is thinning but still full. He has blue eyes and a white hat with a green feather.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in the east to a Fletcher, Watson learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Through the years after Watson was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Watson's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He tends to his Fletcher job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 3000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

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 is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. 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: He is content.

Ideals: Persistence, Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 500 gp. Blue quartz (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He dresses like a well dressed Bowyer does. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Adam embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bowyer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 9000 sp. Onyx (50 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. 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 very tight haircut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. Loopmottin was born on a far southern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Mortician. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and many brigands want her driven away

Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 600 gp. Rose (80 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Fire opal (800 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His purple hair is singed and shortened. His white eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Mordai wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Expert, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Mordai was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: He wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker white hat.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. 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: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and he has a crush on the local guard

Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1100 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp).

Description: He is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. He worked as a nervous Layabout and found it very stressful. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Layabout for hire.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and expand his business

Flaws: Secretive, Greedy. Bonds: Family, Poor, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1000 cp. Sard (70 gp).