Description: He is in excellent shape and wears just a violet suit. His golden hair is knotted and matted. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Shane was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bookbinder. He has achieved small success as a Bookbinder.

Motivation: To be a Herbalist again; and expand his business

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Red spinel (40 gp). 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 2'10" and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

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 Soapmaker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He struck the Soapmaker job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to be a spice merchant again

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Military, Poor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her head has been shaved. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is a great chef.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Lia 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 Lia. 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 has decided she is irredeemable; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a mite stocky and usually wears his green robe and has his longbow always slung over his shoulder. His crest is brass and curly. His red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Nithther was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Sage. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is renowned for his bright grey suits and hats. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has worked as a Dilettante like his father before him.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and is wearing a long, brown cloak. She has a long black ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Avice was born with her mother's beautiful face. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature whip.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is her passion; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 290 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She wears her brown hair up. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. After a long history of fighting, Dell and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This tall, slender man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His black fur is lengthy. He has green eyes.

Personality: He hates goblins. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His childhood dream was to be a Locksmith, but he was a colossal failure. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and a deep hatred of goblins

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2000 cp. White pearl (150 gp).

Description: She wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. Her blue hair is lengthy. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Attractive. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 700 sp. Hematite (14 gp).