Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Hoshû was born the youngest of three triplets. His first spouse was a Navigator, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Revenge; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Hedonist, Secretive. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a pastel costume with the symbols of his god on his torso, and is pretty ugly. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length cinnamon fur. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Tailor business.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Humans. Her skin is light but she possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her white hair is cut short. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Katherine hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Shoemaker arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She's in love; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. His auburn hair is cut short. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Thorin was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: He wears a violet tunic with white highlights, and long violet pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He wears his white hair down. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Dyer born in the past three hundred years. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His childhood dream was to be a Butcher, but he was a colossal failure. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and expand his business

Flaws: Fearful, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 140 pp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'7" when asserting herself. She has black hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 70 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. Through the years after Pirithin was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Pirithin's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to settle down with his crush

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This late middle aged woman is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak and is in decent physical shape. Her blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature longsword.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 60 gp. Tourmaline (70 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He usually wears his black robe and has his glaive always slung over his shoulder. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 7000 cp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp).