Description: This woman is very fat, and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Vistra 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 Vistra. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and balancing her hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 600 gp. Blue quartz (12 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp).

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her white hair is still thick. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Giselle lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 north. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Ruler they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Barrister, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 700 sp. Deep green spinel (120 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He is baby faced.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He receives visions of the future at random moments

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. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, In love, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her feathered brown hat.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She took after her father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her father taught her to defend herself. When her father died while fighting orcs, the young Thodris began to lead the lost caravan. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'0". He is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, and his gloved hand is found clutching a dagger. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Hunter 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 loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born to a Baker, his father struggled to pay the bills. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Extrovert, Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'5". She wears dull green sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed longbow, just in case. Her brown hair is still thick. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines red.

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. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tieflings.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents were killed by goblins in a raid when she was still a young child. The goblins captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Human people; and many goblins want her driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. Her hair is short and golden. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. Ubada is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Criminal record, Debt. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 11000 cp.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His childhood dream was to be a Sculptor, but he was a colossal failure. He bought a greataxe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it, and carries monstrous two handed axes. Her long purple hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Bowyer profession.

History: Gifted from a young age, Sorath studied abroad. Sorath liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She became a Banker soon after.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Banker

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Golden pearl (50 gp).