Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'9" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His white hair is knotted and matted. His ears are large.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He got into the Engraver business at a young age. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Astar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 370 gp. Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Silver ewer (20 gp).

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Katherine was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. Being a Shoemaker kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This man wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His blonde hair is still thick. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He took after his mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his mother taught him to defend himself. When his mother died while fighting orcs, the young Boddynock began to lead the lost caravan. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and to be a carpenter again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 10000 cp. Banded agate (16 gp).

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a brown and green robe with the hood down. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has yellow eyes and a brown hat with a green feather.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. Windy abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tiefling artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 110 pp.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep yellow leather and dull black iron scale mail. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is black and curly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born into a rich family. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. Her green crest, when down, is lengthy. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. 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: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Slave. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a axe, but if one is not available he will default to his trident, and carries tridents. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. His gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born into a rich family. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Purson was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Purson fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears yellow robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a nunchaku, but if one is not available she will default to her longsword. Her head has been shaved. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 300 sp. Chalcedony (80 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born in the north. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To be a Unemployed again.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.