Description: Standing 3'8", this man wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. The war was a terrible time for him, and Alston does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Alston was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Military, Religious. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. With wild brown hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Neega embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Orcs. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Layabout profession.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Through the years after Neega was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Neega's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and expand her business

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 200 sp. Lapis lazuli (4 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. His hair is golden and curly. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: The child of a Ruler, who enjoyed hunting, Namfoodle was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Cook

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

Possessions: 360 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His hair is short and blue. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: Qemuel hails from a village terrorized by illithids. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Passionate, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (50 gp).

Description: He stands about 6'8" and has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His red crest is heavily combed to the right. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Quarethon never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and balancing his hectic life and new layabout responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Military, In love. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. 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 to a criminal king-pin and mafia family 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 has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 250 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears baggy blue pantaloons and a black scarf. Her white hair is heavily combed to the left. She is baby faced.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her childhood dream was to be a Junk Dealer, but she was a colossal failure. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Justice, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 19000 cp. White opal (500 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp).