Description: He wears violet robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a rapier, but if one is not available he will default to his warhammer. His brown hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Roland 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 Roland. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She is portly but not overly obese. Her dark red hair is braided into rings. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 260 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is typically in his Cartwright uniform. His black fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He's in love; and he would like to get married and retire

Bonds: Job, Attractive, Guardian, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 80 gp. Azurite (12 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This malnourished woman wears bulky black painted plate armor. Her rusty crest is singed and shortened. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a Fortune-teller first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new fortune-teller responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 5000 cp. Red spinel (100 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears dull brown sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed warhammer, just in case. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Thoradin is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Glassblower arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He wears his brown hair down. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born in the south to a Scribe, Dworic learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Scribe for the past few years.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He is typically in his Ploughman uniform, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'0" when asserting himself. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His parents were killed by goblins in a raid when he was still a young child. The goblins captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Guard. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Mundane, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (100 gp).

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She tends to wear a grey poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born in the south. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Werydd alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her orange fur has been sun bleached extensively. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born in the north to a Hunter, Shadow learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Hunter. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Logical. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 80 gp. 4 Smokesticks.