Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants, marred by sweets. She sports a flattop hair cut. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Althaea was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She bought a shortspear and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Expand her business; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Nature, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is renowned for her bright white dresses and hats. Her chestnut hair is lengthy. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. 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: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He stands about 5'2" and dresses like a well dressed Dilettante does. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. He wears a mask on his face.

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 misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has worked as a Dilettante like his mother before him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 40 pp. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is dressed in an above average manner. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Some 9 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Xanaphia never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 6000 cp. Obsidian (4 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears just a violet suit. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Randal has worked very hard to control his curse. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her blonde hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Her first spouse was a Stableman, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 120 gp. Red spinel (90 gp).

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She is portly but not overly obese. She keeps her brown hair in a flapper bob. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Gurdis alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a black shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and black pants. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the south were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'10" when asserting himself. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Odo was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Painter. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Debt. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 140 gp.