Description: This man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has gray eyes and a violet hat with a tan feather.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Trym embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Body Guard kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He's in love; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 100 gp. Deep green spinel (60 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'3". She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: She's in love; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a black cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her hair is red and very short. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Astaro lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A freak accident while working with her Shoemaker father left her crippled. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Cartwright and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear flannel, and he perpetually has his shield ready. His hair is silver and curly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. His first spouse was a Miller, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 270 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has done her best to style her beige fur to look like a famous performer. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born into a rich family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has worked as a Scribe like her father before her.

Motivation: She is content; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She wears an entirely grey suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She is physically well-built. Her hair is short and white. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born in the north to a Spice Merchant, Gillyd learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She tends to her Spice Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her long red crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is a great chef.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Synthrin was born on a far northern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Merchant. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and doesn't want to be a merchant and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She dresses like a well dressed Spice Merchant does. Her blonde hair is thinning but still full. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Hugolina was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a sculptor again

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. Her silver hair is singed and shortened. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Rosamund liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She's also a talented Map Maker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 500 sp.