Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Spice Merchant. 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: Balancing her hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 6000 cp. Obsidian (15 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she typically wears pastel cloth garments or leather armor. She wears her black fur up. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 5000 cp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. She carries with her a set of monstrous two handed axes on her belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. Her black hair is well kept. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 18. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born in the south to a Layabout, Nora learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Layabout.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the right. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. 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: Rael was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Ruler they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Bowyer, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Professionalism, Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 110 pp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a shield, but if one is not available he will default to his morningstar. He carries with him a set of morningstars, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He wears his silver hair up. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Randal fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is typically in her Sculptor uniform, and is pretty ugly. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face is scarred and worn.

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. 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 born into a rich family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 8 Acid flasks.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a white tunic with green highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Emen's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Mortician profession.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Job, Attractive. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 80 gp. Sardonyx (30 gp).

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Grigi is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She found a children's book about a Half-Orc Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a fancy violet suit. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his feathered violet hat.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born into a rich family. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Butcher work with an outfit from a few towns over. Butcher work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. Being a Butcher kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and expand his business

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Rich, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 350 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.