Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a black broad hat and black clothes. He has done his best to style his bronze crest to look like a famous performer. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gold eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a Glassblower, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Valorean was born on a far western island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Barkeep. He struck the Barkeep job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Barkeep responsibilities is difficult; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 400 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp).

Description: He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a black scarf, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'5" when asserting himself. His golden hair is still thick. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Layabout hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and sabotage a competitor

Bonds: Job, Religious, Poor, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 3'8", this man prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor. His golden hair is cut short. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. A friendly and beautiful Gnome, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Farmer for hire.

Motivation: Expand his business; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1400 pp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Black star sapphire (800 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Malachite (5 gp). White opal (800 gp).

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her yellow robe. Her golden hair is matted, messy, and big. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 2000 gp. Citrine (70 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). White opal (600 gp). Amber (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'11" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears pastel painted combat armor at almost all times. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length gray fur. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Slave Trader who has hired her part-time. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Shadow hails from a village terrorized by orcs. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by orcs. Shadow was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she has a crush on the local detective

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Has a crush, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears just a brown suit. Her hair is blonde and curly. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born into a rich family. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dwarves in Barbena's homeland. Barbena decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Bowyer for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Malachite (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.