Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. His silver hair is still thick. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Born in the north to a Brewer, Vlorn learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Brewer. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a shield, but if one is not available she will default to her greatsword. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has a long red ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: Born in the east to a Bellfounder, Bolhild learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her childhood dream was to be a Shoemaker, but she was a colossal failure. She struck the Bellfounder job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 140 gp. Carnelian (70 gp).

Description: This man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his left hand. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 17000 cp. 5 Acid flasks. 2 Thunderstones. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'2". She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her lance with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has wavy golden hair. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: Audhild is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Audhild was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Audhild decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 40 pp. Golden pearl (130 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Horhog was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Horhog was born on a far northern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Shepherd. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (80 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull tan iron scale mail. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: Wella hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born to a Guard, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Fortune-teller. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Fortune-teller.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Fortune-teller responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is wearing a long, tan cloak. Her auburn hair is lengthy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Shy, Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her white crest is unkempt and raggedy. Her red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the west. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Mayor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 5000 cp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She keeps her golden hair in a flapper bob. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Through the years after Oolah was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Oolah's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Debt. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 800 sp. Eye agate (15 gp).