Description: This man is very fat, and wears a red costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. His black hair is cut short. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small red clips. She has brown eyes.

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 has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Bree was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1000 sp. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: 6'6" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a green armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down. She wears a colorful flower in her gold crest. Her gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Through the years after Burana was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Burana'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: She's repulsed by the PC; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Disguise kit. 1 Crowbar.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has moderate length brown hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Heian hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. White pearl (90 gp). 1 Average lock.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Stableman arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Flaws: Insomniac, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 20 pp. Deep green spinel (90 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears dull tan sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed mace, just in case. Her white hair is unkempt and raggedy. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She worked as a nervous Sculptor and found it very stressful. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sculptor.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new sculptor responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. She has brown eyes and a white hat with a grey feather.

Personality: She hates drow. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: The child of a Junk Dealer, who enjoyed hunting, Ubada was taken on many hunting expeditions. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Ubada alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by drow. Ubada was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a black shirt with thin white vertical stripes and violet pants. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. He bought a crossbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Flaws: Shy, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 10 pp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She usually wears her violet robe and has her morningstar always slung over her shoulder. She is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around her ears. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 200 gp.