Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. He is physically well-built. His golden hair is cut short. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Trag is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Baker and was forced into it by his family; and to be a cartwright again

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His fur is short and white. His yellow unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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 submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. A gifted student he started as a Banker, but he got bored and became a Architect. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Pink pearl (110 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He is physically well-built. His hair is silver and very short. His eyes are likewise white. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a Fortune-teller first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, In love, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: Standing 2'8", this woman wears a simple white robe with grey stripes complete with hood. Her black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Merla took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up pickaxe and armor she uses now. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. She has gray eyes and a brown hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She worked as a nervous Locksmith and found it very stressful. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Locksmith for hire.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Locksmith responsibilities is difficult; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her brass crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gold.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Pacifist, Impeccable. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Average lock.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was taken from her home at a very young age. After a long history of fighting, Antinua and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Slave, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 160 gp. Zircon (50 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His long blonde hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

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. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Painter. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Painter for hire.

Motivation: To be a Bricklayer again.

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Military, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, white shirt, and green tie, and sports empty pouches on his belt. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Az-Rans took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Beggar.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Rock crystal (60 gp). Jet (160 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.