Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears tattered old clothes. Her auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is a Farmer first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Her parents were killed by orcs in a raid when she was still a young child. The orcs captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She bought a sai and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he very much looks the part of a Slave Trader. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He tends to his Slave Trader job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears a simple white robe with tan stripes complete with hood. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Bolg was born the youngest of three triplets. His first spouse was a Shoemaker, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a scimitar, but if one is not available she will default to her nunchaku. She wears her silver hair down. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Bimpnottin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This malnourished man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His hair is silver and curly. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Nalral was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nalral fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end.

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He dresses like a well dressed Sage does. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He takes great joy in being the best Sage in town.

History: Born in the west to a Sage, Qualen learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 140 gp. Citrine (50 gp). Red garnet (160 gp).

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her long scarlet crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She took after her father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her father taught her to defend herself. When her father died while fighting goblins, the young Daar began to lead the lost caravan. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'4". He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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 tends to his Spice Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He carries a battered nunchaku and tarnished falchion as well. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the south were limited. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1700 sp. Chalcedony (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.