Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears baggy black pantaloons and a brown scarf. She keeps her blue hair in a pixie cut. 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. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Baker 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 struck the Baker job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Gifted from a young age, Adrik studied abroad. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 20 pp. Amethyst (50 gp). 1 Disguise kit.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears professional attire. He keeps his dark red hair in a pixie cut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gold.

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. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Iados has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This western man wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His clothes are grease stained in places. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: Gardain is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He got into the Bookbinder business at a young age. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the west were limited. He has worked as a Bookbinder like his mother before him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'0" when asserting himself. His lavender fur is thinning but still full. He is baby faced.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She carries with her a set of shields on her belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Brewer. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Elysande was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to be a priest again

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Job, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His crest is scarlet, silky, and of moderate length. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Rhogar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and a strong sense of loyalty to human people

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. Her white eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. 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 is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. After coming to the age of reason, Mastema took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 210 gp. Star rose quartz (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'8". He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants, and his gloved hand is found clutching a monstrous two handed axe. His white hair is cut short. He has green eyes and a blue hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Persistence, Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 40 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). 1 Banded mail.