Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His black hair is long and unkept. His face is scarred and worn.

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 is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born in the north. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the north were limited. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'6". He wears a black vest and prefers brown and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are green.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Gorgûm grew up listening to his father's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is typically in his Masseuse uniform. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1200 sp. Malachite (12 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She wears her silver crest up. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When Antrara reached her early adolescence her Dragonborn mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to be a bricklayer again

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 270 gp. Red spinel (110 gp). Jet (110 gp).

Description: A 5'11" northern man, he wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. His fur is short and red. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Bather work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bather work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bather and was forced into it by his family; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has done his best to style his blue hair to look like a famous performer. He has black eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tieflings.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and gnomish compassion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Terse, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1800 sp. Eye agate (8 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears a green top hat and green clothes. Her hair is short and purple. Her eyes are likewise white. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. Anakis enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her childhood dream was to be a Doctor, but she was a colossal failure. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Slave, Job, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: She is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

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 able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a green shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and brown pants. His silver crest is knotted and matted. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Born in the south to a Baker, Nadarr learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 360 gp.