Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. 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: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Flaws: Disease, Secretive, Ugly. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 190 gp. Eye agate (14 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Jet (70 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A 4'10" eastern man, he is renowned for his bright yellow suits and hats. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is scarred and worn.

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. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Buckler.

Description: This woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her axe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her black hair is knotted and matted. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in the west to a Brewer, Eldeth learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Mundane, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Military, In love. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. Her dark red hair is thinning but still full. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the island due to the painful memories there. Hecat took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up axe and armor she uses now. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. He has shaved his head bald. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. 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, Koeth is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the east to a Barber, Koeth learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a red vest and prefers brown and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Stannor grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 230 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This man stands a little under 2'10" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a very tight haircut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Priest but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Oblar lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Sculptor they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Priest, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Pacifist, Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a red vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his red boots flare out at the collars. Sporting a brown mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: Nelkin is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He got into the Bowyer business at a young age. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He's also a talented Stylist, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Selfish. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 150 gp. 2 Thunderstones.

Description: He wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his bastard sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. He has no crest. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his feathered black hat.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 600 sp. Azurite (6 gp).