Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: This woman wears bulky white painted plate armor. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on her left hand. Her black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Cartwright. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She became a Cartwright soon after.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A 6'3" western woman, she usually wears her green robe and has her halberd always slung over her shoulder. Her bronze crest is heavily combed to the right. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Mijira grew up listening to her father's many stories. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and balancing her hectic life and new dyer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull blue iron scale mail. He carries with him a set of longswords, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His green eyes peer out from beneath his small tan hat.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 3100 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is lean but muscular and dresses in pastel turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with red slacks. He sports a flattop fur cut. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 10 pp. Banded agate (13 gp). 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he prefers to wear flannel. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Einkil hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. After a long history of fighting, Einkil and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1300 sp. Sardonyx (30 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This tall, slender woman is dressed in an above average manner. Her hair is black and curly. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: The child of a Masseuse, who enjoyed hunting, Cumpen was taken on many hunting expeditions. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Layabout. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Breastplate.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Gilbert abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He tends to his Painter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He carries with him a set of glaives on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Ernest speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ernest fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Silver pearl (40 gp).