Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has a very tight haircut. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Navigator arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Althaea liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. 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 is unsatisfied with her job; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 30 pp. Red garnet (70 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a green coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. He keeps his copper crest in a pixie cut. His eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His childhood dream was to be a Fletcher, but he was a colossal failure. After a long history of fighting, Shamash and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Jade (60 gp). Jasper (50 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are silver and beady.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. 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, Zephan is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Zephan was raised in a hard working conservative environment. After coming to the age of reason, Zephan took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new gardener responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He carries with him a set of sickles, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is long and red with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small violet clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Born in the east to a Unemployed, Korfel learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Through the years after Korfel was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Korfel's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He tends to his Unemployed job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He is an epitome of beauty. His hair is cut close to his head. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Born in the west to a Bricklayer, Adran learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has worked as a Bricklayer like his father before him.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This younger middle-aged man very much looks the part of a Guard, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Guard but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born into a rich family. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Guard work with an outfit from a few towns over. Guard work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He struck the Guard job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Bonds: Job, In love, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 4'11" and likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Mayor who has hired him part-time. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Assassin. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and a deep hatred of giants

Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Enemies, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears a green vest and prefers black and yellow shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has silver eyes and a green hat with a black feather.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Tethren was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Tethren decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 130 gp.