Description: This tall, slender woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are gold.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Akra lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her childhood dream was to be a Actor, but she was a colossal failure. She struck the Guard job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Justice, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 110 gp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (80 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. His black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is a great chef.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Standing 5'8", this man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. His hair is chestnut and very short. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Frederick was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Guardian. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Tourmaline (90 gp).

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She keeps her blonde hair in a flapper bob. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the east. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and prefers to wear violet clothing when she does not wear armor. With wild red hair. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 8000 cp. Deep green spinel (140 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Coral (140 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a black shirt, with a brown mid length skirt with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her brown hair is still thick. Her silver eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Sekhmet was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 21000 cp.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull brown iron scale mail. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. 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: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature rapier.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This woman very much looks the part of a Layabout, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has a long auburn ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Traulam is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the south to a Layabout, Traulam learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Layabout responsibilities is difficult; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 20 pp. Black pearl (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.