Description: This tall, slender man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Chad was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 pp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. She wears a colorful flower in her black crest. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Kadana was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 800 pp. Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his kukri with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 8000 gp. Blue quartz (15 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Banded agate (15 gp).

Description: 5'11" and muscular, this northern man dresses like a well dressed Barrister does. His hair is chestnut and very short. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Azurite (10 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Rose (50 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Sard (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born in the north to a Brewer, Ea learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 11000 gp. Jacinth (7000 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Jet (90 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Obsidian (14 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman is wearing a long, violet cloak. Her golden hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Crown-heir work with an outfit from a few towns over. Crown-heir work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Iolite (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). White pearl (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This southern woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the left. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the south were limited. She became a Farmer soon after.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand her business

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp).