Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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 would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She is portly but not overly obese. She has slicked back white hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: The child of a Cartwright, who enjoyed hunting, Tordrid was taken on many hunting expeditions. Tordrid liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Cartwright. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and to protect her home

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1600 sp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Black pearl (600 gp).

Description: An older woman who sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, she is not a threatening figure. With wild red hair. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is an amazing painter.

History: Carlin was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. She found a children's book about a Gnome Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her hair is short and brown. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; 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, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He very much looks the part of a Brewer. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. A gifted student he started as a Cook, but he got bored and became a Brewer. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He is physically well-built. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When Chad reached his early adolescence his Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Military, In love, Debt. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears bulky violet painted plate armor. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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 Soapmaker. He tends to his Soapmaker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and balancing his hectic life and new soapmaker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Born to a Butcher, his father struggled to pay the bills. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has a crush on the local butcher

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is silver and curly. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 160 gp.