Description: This late middle aged woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs and is in decent physical shape. Her chestnut hair is cut short. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In her 12th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Artin alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Artin was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 500 sp. Deep green spinel (120 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp).

Description: This woman likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She worked as a nervous Armorer and found it very stressful. She became a Armorer soon after.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Armorer and was forced into it by her family; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Addict, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her black crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Bricklayer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bricklayer work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has worked as a Bricklayer like her father before her.

Motivation: To protect her home; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Military, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Bricklayer

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

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His black fur is thinning but still full. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Shoemaker work with an outfit from a few towns over. Shoemaker work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He became a Shoemaker soon after.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: A 4'5" southern man, he is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and to clean up the streets

Bonds: Guardian, Attractive, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Painter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak, and is pretty ugly. She has moderate length golden hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: Kathra wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Debt, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His red crest is thinning but still full. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Norkruuth lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. One day when Norkruuth was young, his father was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly his father dropped to the ground dead. His father had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Norkruuth was heart-stricken from the event, and his mother started working long hours to provde for them. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He wears his auburn hair down. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He got into the Architect business at a young age. His childhood dream was to be a Beggar, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Beggar again; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears a fancy brown dress. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Harvest 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 Harvest. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 800 sp. Red spinel (130 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.