Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is a great chef.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. 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: He is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1100 pp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (90 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (50 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp).

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Layabout for hire.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 800 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 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: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his crossbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears his silver hair up. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He struck the Crown-heir job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 7000 gp. Aquamarine (500 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a black shirt, with a green mid length skirt with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her red crest is still thick. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Aasathra has worked very hard to control her curse. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 pp. Peridot (70 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older woman who likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, she is not a threatening figure. She has moderate length black hair. Her half smiles and silver eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. 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 got into the Body Guard business at a young age. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Body Guard work with an outfit from a few towns over. Body Guard work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She's also a talented Fisher, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 9000 gp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Malachite (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 6'3" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her black hair is knotted and matted. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. Mastema enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Mastema was born with her father's beautiful face. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to clean up the streets

Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 800 pp. Amber (140 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His tied-back hair is brown. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. A freak accident while working with his Painter mother left him crippled. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Emotional, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 7000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.