Description: This younger middle-aged man wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He keeps his copper crest in a pixie cut. This gold eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Gargax will drive conversation. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Gargax was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. After a long history of fighting, Gargax and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, In love, Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she very much looks the part of a Map Maker, and is pretty ugly. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She hates orcs. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born in the west. Her childhood dream was to be a Bather, but she was a colossal failure. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears baggy grey pantaloons and a black scarf. Her hair is brown and curly. Her ears are large.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. To her fellows she 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: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Ûshbaka lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Slave. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 40 gp. Chrysoberyl (150 gp).

Description: This light-skinned female wears skinny pants and wears a tan and grey robe with the hood down. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ulla grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ulla. Being a Beggar 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: 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 has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into 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 fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born into a rich family. Joser was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Detective. Some 7 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Joser never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Family, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: Standing 5'0", this man wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His beige fur, when down, is lengthy. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Shifting is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Shifting is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Shifting was born the youngest of three triplets. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: To protect his home; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Extrovert, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a green armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down. Her white hair is singed and shortened. She has gleaming, smiling white eyes.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Locksmith arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has worked as a Locksmith like her mother before her.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and expand her business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Deep green spinel (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears a red shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and red pants. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Actor; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 4000 cp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp).