Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Cook. She wears a colorful flower in her beige fur. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle 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 desert due to the painful memories there. Spear took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up pickaxe and armor she uses now. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Cook responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her white hair is well kept. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Virra is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 2'10" and muscular, this southern woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has dyed her greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She has all her life been fascinated with singing.

History: She was born into a rich family. 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. After a long history of fighting, Lidda and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 70 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and is wearing a long, grey cloak. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born in the west. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 700 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. Her bronze crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. 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 is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Jaxi enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born in the north. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bellfounder and was forced into it by her family.

Flaws: Insomniac, Sensitive, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 260 gp. 2 Thunderstones.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Map Maker. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born into a rich family. While he appears to be a normal Half-Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He tends to his Map Maker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 200 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head and is in decent physical shape. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He got into the Carpenter business at a young age. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to be a map maker again

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Solid gold idol (600 gp). 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her white hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Neega was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Neega decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He likes to wear brown tank tops with black pants. He wears his silver hair up. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. Barendd abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Terse, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.