Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull grey iron scale mail. He keeps his rusty crest in a flapper bob. His red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Heskan was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Cartwright business.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His hair is chestnut and curly. His black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Blacksmith arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Professionalism, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 120 gp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is typically in her Gardener uniform, and she perpetually has her bastard sword ready. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her purple hair is matted, messy, and big. Her fierce black eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. 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 wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her broad violet hat.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has moderate length white hair. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Mara was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is dark but he possesses many violet ritualistic tattoos. He wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings. His red hair is long and unkept. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Born to a Tailor, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Disciplined, Opinionated, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Just what you see.