Description: He tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, and carries maces. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born to a Spy, his father struggled to pay the bills. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Ekemon alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to dire rats.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Citrine (20 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He is physically well-built. His cinnamon fur is matted, messy, and big. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Courier who has hired him part-time. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Animal Trainer profession.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His first spouse was a Animal Trainer, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Slave, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Hematite (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp).

Description: This man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His blonde hair is lengthy. He has blue eyes and a blue hat with a white feather.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Merchant who has hired him part-time. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. He found a children's book about a Elf Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Fisher. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Bonds: Has a crush, Family, Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 5000 gp. Blue sapphire (900 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length blue hair. Her half smiles and silver eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. To her fellows she 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: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Pacifist, Fighting. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 6000 gp. Obsidian (11 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a black coat with tan slacks. Her black hair is well kept. She has green eyes and a red hat with a black feather.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

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 was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to be a priest again

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Family, Military. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 12000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (50 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (10 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she is typically in her Roofer uniform. Her hair is long and white with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small white clips. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her childhood dream was to be a Map Maker, but she was a colossal failure. She has achieved small success as a Roofer.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Map Maker.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. His head has been shaved. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born in the south. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 6000 gp.