Description: He is a husky man, who wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Tricking was born with his father's beautiful face. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 gp. Obsidian (5 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp).

Description: 6'2" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. A friendly and beautiful Tiefling, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She got into the Herbalist business at a young age. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has achieved small success as a Herbalist.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Joker, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is typically in his Butcher uniform. He sports a flattop crest cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is mildly Dragonborn supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to be a spice merchant again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 600 gp. Aquamarine (900 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 2'11" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Pacifist, Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Has a crush. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1800 gp. Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tan shirt with thin black vertical stripes and violet pants. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. He is baby faced.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Fortune-teller arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Rael has worked very hard to control his curse. After a long history of fighting, Rael and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: This woman is typically in her Painter uniform. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She's also a talented Apothecary, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is content.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

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 cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her auburn hair is lengthy. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Sarah will drive conversation. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Sarah was born with her mother's beautiful face. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the west were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears professional attire. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Quarion was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his 15th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Quarion fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 40 pp.