Description: He is lean but muscular and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: Ortegar is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 140 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp).

Description: This malnourished man likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. 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 born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 6000 cp. Chalcedony (50 gp). 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is renowned for her bright blue dresses and hats. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

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. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Emotional. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a club on his belt. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Guard who has hired him part-time. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. 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 Guard. He has worked as a Guard like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (13 gp).

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Randal grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Randal. He's also a talented Mercenary, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 4000 cp. White pearl (130 gp).

Description: She stands about 6'4" and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Barber. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She has done her best to style her silver crest to look like a famous performer. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

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. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 4000 cp. Azurite (16 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears dull green sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed axe, just in case. Her purple hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She got into the Barber business at a young age. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a merchant again

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His chestnut hair is cut short. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Spice Merchant who has hired him part-time. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Soveliss was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Spice Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Engraver. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Family, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She has wavy silver hair. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born in a small plains village. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 260 gp.