Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her red hair is long and unkept. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She takes great joy in being the best Barber in town.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gifted student she started as a Baker, but she got bored and became a Barber. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on her left hand. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

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 is an amazing painter.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Simon 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 till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. 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 white hair. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Glim lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1200 gp. Jade (110 gp). Jade (110 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'3". She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her fur, while still mostly gray, has prominent grey streaks. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She worked as a nervous Guard and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Guard responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'8" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Semyaza abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and to prove her worth to the world

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She wears a colorful flower in her red hair. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: The child of a Masseuse, who enjoyed hunting, Ida was taken on many hunting expeditions. Ida liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Masseuse they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Soapmaker, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 310 pp. Coral (110 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp).

Description: She stands about 5'2" and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. A true patriot, Criella would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Butcher arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'1" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears blue trousers with pastel and white striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She has a long brown ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Veloptima was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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: To protect her home; and money/treasure

Flaws: Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Mentor, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 600 gp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.