Description: She is a mite stocky and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull blue iron scale mail. Her yellow fur, when down, is lengthy. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She got into the Crown-heir business at a young age. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: She wears a white costume with the symbols of death on her torso. She carries a battered scythe and tarnished hand crossbow as well. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length black hair. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Murook is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Murook lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Body Guard. She has worked as a Body Guard like her mother before her.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Body Guard responsibilities is difficult; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 3'7" and dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. A gifted student he started as a Mayor, but he got bored and became a Masseuse. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1 Average lock.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He tends to wear a blue poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: The child of a Stableman, who enjoyed hunting, Eberdeb was taken on many hunting expeditions. He worked as a nervous Layabout and found it very stressful. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand his business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Secretive, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 260 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (20 gp).

Description: 3'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears just a red suit. He has a very tight haircut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. 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 served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. He has no hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Miller and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Debt, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He wears a brown shirt with thin black vertical stripes and brown pants. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Brottor was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He became a Painter soon after.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. Her long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Williamina was born the youngest of three triplets. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She tends to her Carter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Carter and was forced into it by her family; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and carries longbows. Her tied-back hair is blonde. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. Being a Herbalist kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 sp.