Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she prefers to wear grey clothing when she does not wear armor. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Hlin isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Military, Slave. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears just a blue suit. Her auburn hair is long and unkept. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Gardener profession.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and balancing her hectic life and new merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a brown vest and prefers black and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 110 gp. Smoky quartz (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a fancy tan suit. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 160 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly maces and glaives. Her silver hair is matted, messy, and big. Her silver eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Buckler. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His ears are large.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'3". He tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gifted student he started as a Fletcher, but he got bored and became a Sellsword. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 6000 cp. Red spinel (120 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Sard (20 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small blue clips. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born in the south to a Map Maker, Arara learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her childhood dream was to be a Roofer, but she was a colossal failure. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new map maker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He is typically in his Jeweler uniform. He has shaved his head bald. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the east. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He tends to his Jeweler job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 50 gp.