Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 4'3" and very much looks the part of a Barber. Her silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Barber business.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Barbena has worked very hard to control her curse. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Pacifist, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a fancy white dress. Her brown hair is well kept. This violet eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Damien grew up listening to his father's many stories. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He wears bulky brown painted plate armor. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He got into the Sailor business at a young age. Theodoric was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Sailor for hire.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Sailor responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1000 cp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is dressed in an above average manner. She keeps her long bronze crest kept up in a rat tail. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes drow are coming to abduct people. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Kadana was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by drow. Kadana was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'3". He tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed tan hat.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Cockaby was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and balancing his hectic life and new sage responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Secretive, Selfish, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 150 gp. Deep green spinel (60 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Elves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. She wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: Sumnes is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears a tan tunic with brown highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around his shoes. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length auburn hair. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Arannis hails from a village terrorized by drow. Through the years after Arannis was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Arannis's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Arannis and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and many drow want him driven away

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

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 400 gp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His hair is chestnut and curly. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 30 gp.