Description: This late middle aged woman prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts and is in decent physical shape. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Miner. She has achieved small success as a Miner.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she has a crush on the local hunter

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This tall, slender woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. She has no hair. Her eyes are a pleasant silver.

Personality: Osah speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Silver pearl (80 gp). 1 Hourglass.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. Her long black crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gold.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. A gifted student she started as a Shepherd, but she got bored and became a Dilettante. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1 Superior lock.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He got into the Barber business at a young age. Bilbron abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. She has styled her blonde hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When Matilda reached her early adolescence her Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. 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: Balancing her hectic life and new Layabout responsibilities is difficult; and expand her business

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a pastel armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down, and carries morningstars. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length red fur. Her copper unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Art was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She struck the Animal Trainer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 280 gp. Hematite (16 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears a white shirt, with a grey mid length shorts with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly greataxes and sickles. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Amûg was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a falchion on her belt. She carries a battered dagger and tarnished falchion as well. She wears her red hair down. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Nalaed hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 310 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears dull brown sweaters, loose yellow pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed sickle, just in case, and she perpetually has her sickle ready. She wears her golden hair down. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. The war was a terrible time for her, and Ermina does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. 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 left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 gp. Silver pearl (140 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp).