Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a brown and yellow robe with the hood down. He is portly but not overly obese. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Bernard was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Layabout for the past few years.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Layabout

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

Possessions: 600 sp. 3 Alchemist’s fire. 3 Tanglefoot bags. 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her red hair is long and unkept. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. With bright white hair. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Apothecary but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His chestnut hair is cut short. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has achieved small success as a Merchant.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Job, In love. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 500 sp. Star rose quartz (30 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears bulky black painted plate armor. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Hoshgrish has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: Standing 3'3", this man wears red leather gloves, a red jacket, and tight pants. His hair is white and curly. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Navigator again; and he is content

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Sensitive, Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1 Average lock.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Actor arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Rich, Family, Military. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'11". He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Naal is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born in the west. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Marshal for hire.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Marshal responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 40 pp. Jet (140 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor, and is pretty ugly. His brown fur is heavily combed to the right. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Jeweler business.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. 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 has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Just what you see.