Description: 3'5" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Mortician business.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Mortician for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Layabout again.

Ideals: Pacifist, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (15 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Eye agate (15 gp).

Description: This woman wears a worn and beaten armor, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Soapmaker born in the past three hundred years. 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: Kansif was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). 1 Crowbar.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look, and she perpetually has her greataxe ready. Her crest is brass and very short. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Burana is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the north. 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears a black costume with the symbols of his god on his torso. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His tied-back hair is blonde. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He is dressed in earthy colors with a pastel and grey handkerchief worn on his left side. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His brown fur is matted, messy, and big. He is baby faced.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the island due to the painful memories there. Quick took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up trident and armor he uses now. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Slave, Family, Nature. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. Her head has been shaved. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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's repulsed by the PC; and she is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a grey costume with the symbols of death on his torso. His silver hair is long and unkept. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people; and half-elven compassion

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a simple white robe with grey stripes complete with hood. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

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 mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Barber for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1000 sp. White pearl (80 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her brass crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Just what you see.