Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His hair is short and black. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Silver pearl (110 gp). Amber (110 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her head has been shaved. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Ilde has worked very hard to control her curse. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and balancing her hectic life and new brewer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 10000 gp. Moonstone (80 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Jacinth (2000 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Jade (50 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is short and white. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Layabout who has hired him part-time. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Has a crush, Slave, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 500 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This woman wears a white coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon her head. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on her left hand. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and further expansion of business

Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 900 pp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. His dark red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Astar was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 6000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1900 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around her neck, and a morningstar on her belt. Her silver hair is well kept. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 8000 gp. Star rose quartz (60 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp).

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a mace on his belt. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. 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. A gifted student he started as a Blacksmith, but he got bored and became a Adventurer. He tends to his Adventurer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 900 pp. Banded agate (4 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Jet (160 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Banded agate (4 gp).