Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and red handkerchief worn on her right side. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

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

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and carries scythes. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born in the north to a Cartwright, Watson learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. A gifted student he started as a Crown-heir, but he got bored and became a Cartwright. He has worked as a Cartwright like his father before him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She carries a battered halberd and tarnished greataxe as well. She has moderate length brown hair. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

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 to pay off her debts

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Debt. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This malnourished man wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'2" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and green handkerchief worn on his right side. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the right. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the south were limited. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her glaive with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Being a Gardener 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: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'11" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a tight fitting violet shirt and pants. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: Caeldrim hails from a village terrorized by drow. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 130 gp.

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 silk and lounges about seductively. His dark red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. His eyes are likewise silver. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the east were limited. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Layabout

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

Possessions: Chrysoprase (50 gp).

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He is portly but not overly obese. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed tan hat.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. To his fellows he 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Caeldrim grew up listening to his father's many stories. He found a children's book about a Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 50 gp.