Description: This man wears a grey coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his left hand. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His black hair is lengthy. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

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. 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 been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: She is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her nunchaku, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 150 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she very much looks the part of a Server. She has copper crest. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. 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: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She struck the Server job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and to be a sage again

Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Adventurer, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his blue robe. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is afraid of men and trembles around them

History: Thoradin was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Thoradin alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Stylist and was forced into it by his family; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. She keeps her white hair in a flapper bob. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born in the east. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a grey costume with the symbols of his god on his torso. He is an epitome of beauty. His black hair is knotted and matted. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Fisher work with an outfit from a few towns over. Fisher work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

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

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Slave Trader they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Butcher, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a yellow costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born in the west. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Elves in Erevan's homeland. Erevan decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Bullseye lantern.