Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He is physically well-built. His gold crest is heavily combed to the left. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 320 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She wears her green crest up. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dragonborns.

History: She got into the Body Guard business at a young age. While she appears to be a normal Dragonborn, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Insane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1700 sp. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. She carries with her a set of quarterstaffs, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. With wild golden hair. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

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 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: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 west. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 gp. Onyx (50 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears brown trousers with blue and tan striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She wears her gray fur down. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Guard arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Stableman. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She's in love; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 210 gp. Eye agate (10 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Amber (100 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. His cinnamon fur, when down, is lengthy. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He uses divination through singing.

History: Born in the west to a Sculptor, Nimble learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Halfling companion (his 'brother'). He struck the Sculptor job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. 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: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A freak accident while working with her Jeweler father left her crippled. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 130 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp).

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears dull white sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed lance, just in case. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

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 lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A freak accident while working with her Jeweler father left her crippled. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Impulsive, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man likes to wear green tank tops with black pants, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He wears a colorful flower in his black crest. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He got into the Sculptor business at a young age. 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 Sculptor. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Sculptor for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Sculptor responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: She wears a white top hat and white clothes. Her brown hair is singed and shortened. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Nedda hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. 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, Nedda is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 200 gp. Onyx (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item.