Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. His white hair is still thick. His ears are large.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He got into the Carpenter business at a young age. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Carpenter for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a performer again

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her silver hair is lengthy. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 8000 gp. Eye agate (11 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Amber (70 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Blue diamond (2000 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Ilga is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. 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: Gifted from a young age, Ilga studied abroad. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Black opal (1300 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is typically in his Merchant uniform, and carries whips. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has achieved small success as a Merchant.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 pp. Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears a red shirt, with a grey mid length shorts with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Hunter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gifted student he started as a Miller, but he got bored and became a Hunter. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and balancing his hectic life and new hunter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 9000 gp.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has shaved her head bald. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Jo was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 900 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 6'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Kûga is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1400 pp. Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Silver ewer (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (90 gp).