Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He is portly but not overly obese. He has no hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Painter born in the past three hundred years. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Painter for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He is physically well-built. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His silver eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: An older man who wears a simple green robe with tan stripes complete with hood, he is not a threatening figure. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady silver eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He has moderate length purple hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Barrister business.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He bought a bastard sword and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears his white hair down. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. 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: Akmen was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 390 gp. Violet garnet (200 gp). 1 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. This violet eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Flaws: Cynical, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Menny was born with her father's beautiful face. 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 she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 5'6". He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest, and his gloved hand is found clutching a greataxe. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When Malmûg reached his early adolescence his Half-Orc mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His hair is black and curly. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Miner but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Jasper (60 gp).