Description: An older man who is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Tanner, he is not a threatening figure. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born into a rich family. 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 Tanner. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has rusty crest. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Born to a Servant, his mother struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. Her white crest is still thick. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Armorer but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the south. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 90 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). 1 Thunderstones.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'9". He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Through the years after Vilberg was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Vilberg's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her yellow fur is lengthy. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She takes great joy in being the best Marshal in town.

History: Skirt hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Skirt 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 Skirt. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 30 pp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (80 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is dressed in an above average manner. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the right. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: An older man who wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), he is not a threatening figure. His black fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His copper eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Baker. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Elegant was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. 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 east. He became a Baker soon after.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Nature, Poor, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 6'1". He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and his gloved hand is found clutching a mace. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. A friendly and beautiful Human, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He got into the Blacksmith business at a young age. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Blacksmith for the past few years.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he wants to get laid

Bonds: Family, Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 100 sp. Star rose quartz (60 gp).

Description: 4'9" and muscular, this southern woman wears a grey vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her grey boots flare out at the collars. With bright blonde hair. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

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. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp).