Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. 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 was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears red robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a shortbow, but if one is not available he will default to his halberd. His red hair is still thick. He has green eyes and a red hat with a black feather.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Crown-heir born in the past three hundred years. He is a great chef.

History: Pikar 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 has worked as a Crown-heir like his father before him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 4'1" and is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gifted student he started as a Roofer, but he got bored and became a Shipwright. He has achieved small success as a Shipwright.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is content

Ideals: Justice, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This tall, slender woman prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born into a rich family. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 340 gp. Silver pearl (50 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears just a green suit. Her crest, while still mostly rusty, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ruloth grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ruloth. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1000 cp. Rock crystal (80 gp).

Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His crest is copper and very short. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He bought a quarterstaff and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She very much looks the part of a Marshal. Her red hair is knotted and matted. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her small white hat.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Born in the west to a Marshal, Jo learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She worked as a nervous Marshal and found it very stressful. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 800 sp. Rose (40 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears bulky black painted plate armor. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. This black eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born to a Barkeep, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. After a long history of fighting, Merihim and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Slave, Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his longbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He got into the Carpenter business at a young age. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and expand his business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Slave. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 100 gp.