Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: An older man who is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, he is not a threatening figure. He has styled his white crest well, parting it to the right. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gold.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. 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: Direcris 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 Herbalist work with an outfit from a few towns over. Herbalist work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears yellow painted combat armor at almost all times. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Aldous's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 300 sp. Red spinel (120 gp).

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He is portly but not overly obese. His fur is beige and curly. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born in the south. He worked as a nervous Ploughman and found it very stressful. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 40 gp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp).

Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. His long brown hair reaches down to his waist. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Cook hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His white hair is singed and shortened. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: Takra speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is typically in his Spy uniform. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Tiefling in existence. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Mortician profession.

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. Through the years after Cressel was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Cressel's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he has a crush on the local mortician

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is a Interpreter first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Gennal is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

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. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is greedy; and balancing his hectic life and new interpreter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job, Attractive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 110 gp. Amber (80 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Jade (80 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her silver eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Naamah was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and regain custody of her daughter

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Job, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.