Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He very much looks the part of a Layabout. He keeps his long beige fur kept up in a rat tail. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Layabout responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 800 pp. Gold music box (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (50 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (110 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (50 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (110 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. After coming to the age of reason, Manfred took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He is greedy; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. 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: Altho was born with his mother's beautiful face. 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 has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Jade (70 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'5". She is wearing a long, tan cloak. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She takes great joy in being the best Apothecary in town.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Citrine (60 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Jet (50 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length lavender fur. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Blacksmith hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 6000 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. Some 9 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Nuraval never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: In love, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 3000 gp. Violet garnet (1100 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Jet (80 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Banded agate (15 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she likes to wear tan tank tops with grey skirt. She has moderate length golden hair. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is mildly Elf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict, Racist. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 900 pp. Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.