Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is dressed in an above average manner. His chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his feathered brown hat.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Gerard 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. Gerard 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Alex grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Alex. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Baker responsibilities is difficult; and expand his business

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged man, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and is pretty ugly. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Cockaby was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Locksmith. He has achieved small success as a Locksmith.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new locksmith responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Armorer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She prefers to wear white clothing when she does not wear armor. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. Her first spouse was a Server, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp).

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears skinny pants and wears a brown and red robe with the hood down. Her lavender fur is thinning but still full. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She's also a talented Interpreter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She wants revenge against orcs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She stands about 6'4" and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears her auburn hair down. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a whip, but if one is not available she will default to her kukri. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

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 passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the east. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has a crush on the local carter

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She stands about 3'0" and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair is long and white with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small white clips. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Butcher.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Guardian. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 7000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.