Description: A middle-aged man, he prefers to wear flannel, and is pretty ugly. His dark red hair is singed and shortened. His white eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Tethren was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student he started as a Mercenary, but he got bored and became a Servant. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 110 gp. Golden pearl (70 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears tattered old clothes. He has shaved his head bald. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a Fortune-teller, his father struggled to pay the bills. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He tends to his Bookbinder job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a black coat with brown slacks. Her white crest has been sun bleached extensively. She has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born into a rich family. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Soapmaker work with an outfit from a few towns over. Soapmaker work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. 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 made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Job, Debt. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: He stands about 6'10" and is wearing a long, pastel, dusty cloak. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears his yellow fur up. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and revenge

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born in the south to a Mayor, Muggrish learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. A gifted student he started as a Laborer, but he got bored and became a Mayor. Recently the stress of being a Mayor has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Disease, Impulsive, Insomniac, Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His crest is blue and very short. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Shedinn lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Actor work with an outfit from a few towns over. Actor work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. 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: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military, Family, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a simple green robe with white stripes complete with hood. Her crest is green, silky, and of moderate length. She has gold eyes and a green hat with a white feather.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She got into the Dilettante business at a young age. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 130 gp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (70 gp). 1 Average lock.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has no crest. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Arava enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. After coming to the age of reason, Arava took it upon herself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 40 gp. Moonstone (80 gp).

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His black eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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 always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Apothecary business.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Apothecary hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Opinionated, Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 90 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp).