Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She likes to wear grey tank tops with white skirt. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. 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: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Carpenter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To unite with her brother.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Poor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. His blue crest is lengthy. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He became a Sailor soon after.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Lazy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things.

Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'9". He wears yellow painted combat armor at almost all times. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Elven conditions. 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: Half-Orc compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-orc people

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This eastern woman wears a fancy violet dress. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is brown and curly. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. 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 the only child of a wealthy merchant. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 30 pp. Brown-green garnet (80 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. Her hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Cartwright. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Cartwright for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She wears her rusty crest down. Her red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Fisher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Family, Nature, Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Silver pearl (100 gp). 2 Acid flasks.

Description: This woman wears a tan shirt, with a blue mid length skirt with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 2400 sp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a bow, but if one is not available he will default to his rapier. His dark red hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gold.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nirgel fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 220 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).