Description: This slender man stands about 5'5". He wears a tan vest and prefers white and pastel shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 4 Holy water.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. His head has been shaved. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his top black hat.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Keth was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Keth decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Joan was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Mortician. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Dustin liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a grey shirt, with a tan mid length skirt with tan tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. 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 to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. White pearl (130 gp). 1 Simple lock.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly quarterstaffs and spears. Her hair is short and blonde. Her hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is mildly Half-Orc supremacist, though she does not identify as such. 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: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She worked as a nervous Slave Trader and found it very stressful. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

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; and to be a healer again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman dresses like a well dressed Priest does and is in decent physical shape. Her white hair is long and unkept. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. A gifted student she started as a Farmer, but she got bored and became a Priest. She has worked as a Priest like her father before her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 140 gp. Tourmaline (150 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and 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: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 160 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He prefers to wear flannel. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gifted student he started as a Bather, but he got bored and became a Guard. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Guard for the past few years.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to be a bather again

Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 400 sp.