Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He usually wears his green robe and has his quarterstaff always slung over his shoulder. His hair is dark red and curly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He struck the Spice Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and balancing his hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Family, Job, Debt. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'7". She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her blonde hair is well kept. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Oriel is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned female wears skinny pants and wears a white and blue robe with the hood down. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has a long auburn ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. 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. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She has a missing left arm. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. She sports red long hair. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Shepherd responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She got into the Shipwright business at a young age. Through the years after Bethrynna was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Bethrynna's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Military, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

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

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He stands about 5'6" and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His brown hair is braided into rings. This black eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 30 gp. White pearl (60 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. His yellow fur is unkempt and raggedy. His yellow eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Weaver hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has achieved small success as a Weaver.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 210 gp. Rhodochrosite (14 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: Bhevek hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To be a Baker again.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 11000 cp.

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, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 20 pp.