Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His silver hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Spice Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spice Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

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

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a brown tunic with white highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his quarterstaff, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. He keeps his long orange fur kept up in a rat tail. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was taken from his home at a very young age. After a long history of fighting, Trail and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. While she appears to be a normal Elf, 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 struck the Unemployed job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 90 gp. Golden pearl (70 gp).

Description: This northern woman wears a tan shirt with thin violet vertical stripes and brown pants. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is a Herbalist first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Chaedi was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She worked as a nervous Herbalist and found it very stressful. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Herbalist for hire.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Herbalist

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

Possessions: 1500 sp. 3 Thunderstones. 2 Smokesticks. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: An older man who typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull tan iron scale mail, he is not a threatening figure. His black hair is knotted and matted. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Traubon grew up listening to his father's many stories. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Persistence, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Oppleby was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 60 gp. White pearl (110 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is lean but muscular and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her childhood dream was to be a Weaver, but she was a colossal failure. She struck the Carpenter job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Disciplined, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears long strands of emerald and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. His silver eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He got into the Hunter business at a young age. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He struck the Hunter job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to be a carter again

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She is wearing a long, pastel, dusty cloak. She carries with her a set of hand crossbows, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has white fur. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. A true patriot, Aura would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Aura was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Sage. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to be a shepherd again

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.