Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady black eyes.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Valafar 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. Valafar decided he wanted neither the life of his father 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 hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. Her golden hair is heavily combed to the right. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born to a Bowyer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She's also a talented Bowyer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 120 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears dark leathers with embroidery, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her red crest, when down, is lengthy. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She got into the Sculptor business at a young age. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She tends to her Sculptor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Sculptor responsibilities is difficult; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: In love, Religious, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She worked as a nervous Slave Trader and found it very stressful. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ekk fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His long gray fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Doctor business.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Seven has worked very hard to control his curse. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She wears a grey vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her grey boots flare out at the collars. She keeps her long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Marastyr was born with her mother's beautiful face. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and is pretty ugly. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born in a small plains village. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: 6'8" and muscular, this northern woman wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: To be a Crown-heir again; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 300 sp. Deep green spinel (140 gp).

Description: 6'2" and muscular, this southern man likes to wear ponchos typically of a light green in addition to tight pants. His long gold crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Sensitive, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 150 gp.