Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is an amazing painter.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Gerbo was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Merchant for hire.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Deep green spinel (90 gp).

Description: He wears a simple black robe with tan stripes complete with hood. He carries a battered rapier and tarnished falchion as well. His white crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gold.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Guardian, Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 70 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep pastel leather and dull tan iron scale mail. She keeps her long cinnamon fur kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Tanner hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman dresses like a well dressed Herbalist does. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her right hand. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Herbalist arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Herbalist for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a scribe again

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he sports yellow clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her silver hair is greasy and uncared for. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

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. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: Amethyst (150 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 70 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: He wears bulky white painted plate armor. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Jak hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Through the years after Jak was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Jak's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: This malnourished man wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a longsword, but if one is not available he will default to his dagger. His brown fur is braided into rings. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Sweet was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. After coming to the age of reason, Sweet took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 160 gp.