Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her hair is black and curly. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Verna 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. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Servant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Verna fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: Moonstone (50 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he is renowned for his bright green suits and hats. He sports a flattop crest cut. His red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Patrin enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the west to a Spice Merchant, Patrin learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist, Insane. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (40 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 70 gp. Golden yellow topaz (200 gp).

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He wears his purple hair up. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Racist, Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has moderate length blonde hair. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Erdan hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: He is a mite stocky and dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with grey slacks. His white crest is unkempt and raggedy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. 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: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. He found a children's book about a Dragonborn Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has slicked back silver hair. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor, and carries rapiers. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He is a Jackalwere in disguise. 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 Merchant. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His red hair is braided into rings. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Banded mail.