Description: He wears a fancy black suit. He is portly but not overly obese. He has done his best to style his blue crest to look like a famous performer. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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. 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: Heskan was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He struck the Ruler job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, In love, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 5000 cp. Moonstone (30 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and is pretty ugly. Her white crest is long and unkept. She has gold eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Driindar lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a interpreter and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family, Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. Azurite (11 gp).

Description: 6'8" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. His hair is cut close to his head. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman wears an entirely tan suit with green socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Roywyn is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She takes great joy in being the best Knight in town.

History: Roywyn was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and expand her business

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Superior lock.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His tied-back hair is black. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Apothecary business.

History: Traubon was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Slave, Nature, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

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

Possessions: 500 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. She wears large thick round spectacles.

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. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by drow. Philomena was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it

Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Nature, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her red crest is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: An older woman who wears just a brown suit, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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. 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: Jarana was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (300 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his warhammer, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. His fur, while still mostly beige, has prominent grey streaks. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born in the south to a Ploughman, River learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He's also a talented Blacksmith, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Silver pearl (50 gp).