Description: This late middle aged man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Soapmaker and is in decent physical shape. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Soapmaker. He has achieved small success as a Soapmaker.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: 3'6" and muscular, this northern man prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. He wears his golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Zook was born on a far northern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Baker. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: 6'1" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He wears his lavender fur up. He has copper eyes and a pastel hat with a black feather.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born in the west. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has moderate length chestnut hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Dayereth was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Dayereth 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 Dayereth. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears a brown tunic with tan highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around his shoes. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He uses divination through singing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Kildrak studied abroad. Kildrak was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Kildrak decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a white cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. She has moderate length auburn hair. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker white hat.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Gaaki embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Orcs. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Soapmaker business.

History: Gaaki was born the youngest of three triplets. Through the years after Gaaki was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Gaaki's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 3000 cp. Tourmaline (110 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She usually wears her grey robe and has her spear always slung over her shoulder. She has no hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

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 a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 sp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: Standing 6'4", this woman likes to wear pastel tank tops with black skirt. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to be a farmer again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Hedonist, Disease. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 200 sp.