Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She is portly but not overly obese. Her chestnut hair is cut short. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker blue hat.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She wears a colorful flower in her cinnamon fur. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She takes great joy in being the best Unemployed in town.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Her childhood dream was to be a Fisher, but she was a colossal failure. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Unemployed.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs, marred by sweets. She has wavy chestnut hair. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: Pyntle wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Born to a Ruler, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. After a long history of fighting, Robert and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 110 gp. White pearl (120 gp).

Description: This man wears a white tunic with blue highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around his shoes. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has shaved his head bald. He is baby faced.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Brewer who has hired him part-time. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's in love; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant, Military, Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 140 gp. Violet garnet (200 gp).

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a black costume with the symbols of luck on her torso. Her green crest has been sun bleached extensively. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He carries with him a set of morningstars on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He has dyed his greying red fur a little too much giving a sharp red color. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: Aura hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 30 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: She wears a red vest and prefers green and tan shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In her 18th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. 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: She feels threatened by others; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Lazy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 5000 cp.