Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She is portly but not overly obese. Her scarlet crest, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military, In love. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. Her silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She got into the Layabout business at a young age. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Layabout.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 140 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp).

Description: She stands about 5'1" and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has no hair. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Interpreter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Shepherd. She has a long red ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She got into the Shepherd business at a young age. She worked as a nervous Shepherd and found it very stressful. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aline fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. She wears her silver hair down. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed grey hat.

Personality: She is a Healer first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy green crest. He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. He has a hunchback. His green crest is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Nature, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: 6'4" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a black shirt, with a grey mid length skirt with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Insane, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. His ears are large.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 310 gp.