Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 4'8". He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and his gloved hand is found clutching a monstrous two handed axe. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: He got into the Crown-heir business at a young age. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Orc people.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep red leather and dull green iron scale mail. His brown hair is braided into rings. His eyes are green.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He got into the Spy business at a young age. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Disciplined, Impeccable, Athletic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Red garnet (120 gp). 1 Good lock.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a green vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his green boots flare out at the collars. His green crest is knotted and matted. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: Heskan wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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 has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and he perpetually has his ceremonial dagger ready. He sports a flattop crest cut. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new locksmith responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. After a long history of fighting, Shanairla and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Forgetful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She wears a white vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her white boots flare out at the collars. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her hair is short and chestnut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Olivia was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Slave Trader and was forced into it by her family; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Average lock.

Description: 5'1" and muscular, this northern man dresses like a well dressed Spice Merchant does. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 400 gp. Chalcedony (40 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. He has moderate length orange fur. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Dyer who has hired him part-time. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Dyer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Family, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 210 gp. Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Coral (60 gp). Amber (60 gp).