Description: He wears just a red suit. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his ceremonial dagger, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. He keeps his long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has achieved small success as a Shoemaker.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her grey robe. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a Shipwright first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 390 gp. Tourmaline (80 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Black opal (400 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Bather, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

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 font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and revenge

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1 Average lock.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears pastel robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a monstrous two handed axe, but if one is not available she will default to her nunchaku. She keeps her long gray fur kept up in a rat tail. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Through the years after Sun was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Sun's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He is wearing a long, green cloak. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His purple hair is knotted and matted. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is a Bricklayer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: The child of a Cartwright, who enjoyed hunting, Zephan was taken on many hunting expeditions. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bricklayer responsibilities is difficult; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 100 gp. Sard (20 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp).

Description: He wears a blue vest and prefers tan and violet shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He is portly but not overly obese. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. 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: He was raised in a mountains tribe. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the south were limited. He has worked as a Shoemaker like his mother before him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and a deep hatred of giants

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She carries a battered mace and tarnished greataxe as well. She has wavy red hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. A friendly and beautiful Halfling, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. 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. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Pearl fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Obsidian (12 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her silver hair is knotted and matted. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Shamil has worked very hard to control her curse. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 50 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She tends to wear a large red jacket. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 100 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).