Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She sports black long hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the east were limited. She's also a talented Stableman, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (9 gp).

Description: This northern man wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has no hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the north. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His crest, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Fax embodies much of what other species detest in the Dragonborns. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Fax was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'9" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her chestnut hair is still thick. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She is a Jackalwere in disguise. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she is greedy

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Religious, Adventurer, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is red, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Emen hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1600 sp. Sard (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Vicky was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. Some 3 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Vicky never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (50 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is an amazing painter.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she's in love

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. She keeps her black crest in a pixie cut. Her gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Hethress speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Carpenter. She tends to her Carpenter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He carries a battered rapier and tarnished crossbow as well. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Mercenary born in the past three hundred years. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: The child of a Sellsword, who enjoyed hunting, Kiirith was taken on many hunting expeditions. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He struck the Mercenary job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Mercenary responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 70 gp.