Description: He is in excellent shape and is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1 Thunderstones.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. He is baby faced.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Fibblestib lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, In love. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 260 pp. Golden pearl (50 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Malachite (7 gp).

Description: This northern woman is dressed in earthy colors with a black and tan handkerchief worn on her left side. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her blonde hair is cut short. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Baggi 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 Baggi. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Apothecary profession.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a apothecary again

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Nature, Guardian. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 90 gp. Eye agate (11 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears a green shirt, with a brown mid length shorts with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He has moderate length purple hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Chalcedony (80 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Rose (80 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her red fur is singed and shortened. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Elegant was born the youngest of three triplets. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Tailor. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull tan iron scale mail. She has styled her blue hair well, parting it to the right. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines white.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her first spouse was a Miller, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1500 gp. Chrysoprase (20 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Sard (20 gp).

Description: 3'4" and muscular, this eastern woman wears silk and lounges about seductively. She wears her black hair down. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 30000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the south were limited. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 14000 sp. Azurite (9 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp).