Description: He likes to wear brown tank tops with green pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'5" when asserting himself. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Miner arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Depressed. Bonds: Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her blonde hair is cut short. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. 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: An old rival family wants her found; and she is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Rich, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His tied-back hair is brown. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Armorer. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born in the east to a Armorer, Laucian learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. 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. Being a Armorer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. Her lavender fur is matted, messy, and big. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Persistence, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He wears green trousers with blue and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly whips and axes. He wears his brass crest down. He is baby faced.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Bharash 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. Bharash decided he wanted neither the life of his father 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Flaws: Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She has a missing left arm. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her hair is long and red with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small grey clips. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Beatrice was born with her mother's beautiful face. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert 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 desert due to the painful memories there. Beatrice took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up warhammer and armor she uses now. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 150 gp. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 5'0". He tends to wear a large black jacket, and his gloved hand is found clutching a greatsword. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He works hard and plays hard.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Standing 5'5", this woman wears baggy blue pantaloons and a violet scarf. Her brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. 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: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. After a long history of fighting, Jarsali and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her hair is short and silver. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She also has developed a complete distrust of the Map Maker profession.

History: The child of a Map Maker, who enjoyed hunting, Katherine was taken on many hunting expeditions. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Mayor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She tends to her Mayor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Mayor responsibilities is difficult; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 110 gp.