Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and dresses like a well dressed Mason does. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her brown hair is long and unkept. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Mason. She has worked as a Mason like her mother before her.

Motivation: To be a Glassblower again; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a club, but if one is not available she will default to her scythe and is in decent physical shape. Her beige fur has been sun bleached extensively. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Butcher arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 100 gp. Red garnet (50 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His crest, while still mostly brass, has prominent grey streaks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her golden hair is wavy and long. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Soapmaker. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She got into the Soapmaker business at a young age. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Soapmaker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She became a Soapmaker soon after.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Vistra has worked very hard to control her curse. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Poor, Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Brewer born in the past three hundred years. 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 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 80 gp. Hematite (8 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her white hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. The war was a terrible time for her, and Merla does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a green tunic with blue highlights, and long yellow pants that bunch up around his shoes. His silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. This white eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Sculptor. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Sculptor work with an outfit from a few towns over. Sculptor work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 20 gp. White pearl (160 gp).