Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Sailor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. His red crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He tends to his Scribe job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His white hair is still thick. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He hates Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Mercenary arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gifted student he started as a Bather, but he got bored and became a Mercenary. He struck the Mercenary job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and regain custody of her son

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Family, Mentor, In love. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 2000 cp. Lapis lazuli (7 gp).

Description: A 4'7" eastern woman, she likes to wear tan tank tops with black skirt. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her yellow fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Harvest hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Harvest alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Now she works as a dancing tutor during her time off.

Motivation: She wants revenge against giants; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Artistic, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears long strands of amethyst and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has shaved his head bald. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

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 has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, In love, Religious. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 sp. Azurite (16 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: His arcane 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 Carter. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She uses divination through singing.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 160 gp. Alexandrite (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.