Description: This light-skinned female wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker red hat.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Tawna lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Job, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 260 gp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and revenge

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat, and is pretty ugly. She keeps her rusty crest in a pixie cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Ploughman who has hired her part-time. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she wants to get laid

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 500 sp. Rock crystal (70 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'3" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She prefers to wear green clothing when she does not wear armor. Her black crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Barkeep. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. After a long history of fighting, Pogranix and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with yellow slacks. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Crown-heir mother left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 500 sp. Sard (50 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears tattered old clothes. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are green.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Burto grew up listening to his father's many stories. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature scimitar.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her orange fur is still thick. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are copper.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gifted student she started as a Mayor, but she got bored and became a Stableman. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Stableman for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 4'7" and sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her hair is white and curly. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Masseuse but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Masseuse arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Masseuse for the past few years.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she is greedy

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 3100 sp.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. With wild golden hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 190 gp.