Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her long rusty crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Unemployed arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Bookbinder does. She is portly but not overly obese. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Carlin embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has achieved small success as a Bookbinder.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 160 gp. Amber (160 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is black and curly. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 Farmer. He's also a talented Sculptor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and expand his business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. Her bronze crest is heavily combed to the left. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Jheri enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'9" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a brown vest and prefers black and white shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has dyed her greying orange fur a little too much giving a sharp orange color. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born into a rich family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 gp. Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a green vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her green boots flare out at the collars. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Vepar was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. She worked as a nervous Sage and found it very stressful. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Debt. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. She is physically well-built. Her red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Portia's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (60 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his left hand. His crest is silver and curly. His red eyes dart from person to person.

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. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Greethen was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Greethen 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 Greethen. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and to be a tailor again

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.