Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. Her hair is silver and curly. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. Recently the stress of being a Farmer has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Selfish, PTSD, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 20 pp. Coral (120 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the south were limited. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a grey tunic with green highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes, and is pretty ugly. She keeps her red hair in a pixie cut. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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. 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 into a rich family. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Guard and was forced into it by her family; and expand her business

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He wears a black coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with his Beggar mother left him crippled. 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 his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the right. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. A true patriot, Ratlûg would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

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 is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Revenge; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Slave, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Sardonyx (50 gp).

Description: She wears a yellow coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Tiaathque was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her first spouse was a Barrister, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She tends to her Ruler job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 5000 cp. Freshwater pearl (8 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 6'1" and wears an entirely brown suit with green socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His hair is white and curly. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. 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 Bricklayer. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Religious, Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her axe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born to a Glassblower, her father struggled to pay the bills. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Poor. Occupation: Courier

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

Possessions: Just what you see.