Description: She is lean but muscular and wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her white fur is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are likewise copper. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Spice Merchant born in the past three hundred years. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Beast was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Beast has worked very hard to control her curse. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a blue vest and prefers brown and black shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her silver hair is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born in the south to a Shoemaker, Dara 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 Shoemaker. She has worked as a Shoemaker like her mother before her.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Shoemaker responsibilities is difficult; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, violet shirt, and red tie. He has styled his dark red hair well, parting it to the left. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Balam alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Coral (130 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he prefers to wear red clothing when he does not wear armor, and is pretty ugly. He wears his red hair up. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Ortegar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Ortegar has worked very hard to control his curse. He's also a talented Fletcher, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and balancing his hectic life and new blacksmith responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman usually wears her black robe and has her mace always slung over her shoulder and is in decent physical shape. She wears her red hair up. Her eyes are silver and catlike.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. A true patriot, Astaro would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She struck the Detective job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Military, Nature, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp. Blue quartz (7 gp).

Description: This man wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his right hand. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His eyes are green.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

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

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Military, Nature, Attractive. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears baggy brown pantaloons and a white scarf, and is pretty ugly. Her golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. She wears large thick round spectacles.

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 also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1 Banded mail. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with white slacks. His crest is bronze and curly. His ears are large.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Being born in the west, 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 west 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 north. Being a Bowyer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1000 cp. Carnelian (40 gp).

Description: She wears an entirely green suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She keeps her brown hair in a flapper bob. Her half smiles and black eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Knight. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Knight for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Knight responsibilities is difficult; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Military, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 80 gp. White pearl (40 gp).