Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

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. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He got into the Blacksmith business at a young age. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Blacksmith work with an outfit from a few towns over. Blacksmith work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Masseuse again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Professionalism. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her blonde hair is cut short. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. 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, Ownka is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ownka grew up listening to her father's many stories. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ownka fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear red clothing when she does not wear armor. She carries a battered longbow and tarnished flail as well. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered west to less war torn lands. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Justice. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 900 sp. Aquamarine (300 gp). Coral (80 gp). Hematite (15 gp). 1 Backpack.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a hammer on her belt. She wears her black hair down. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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 cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

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. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She has worked as a Masseuse like her mother before her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He found a children's book about a Gnome Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 4'7" and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her longbow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has wavy white hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 20 pp. Blue quartz (13 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Laucian alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. After a long history of fighting, Laucian and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a pastel tunic with black highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has gray fur. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Great hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. She took after her mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her mother taught her to defend herself. When her mother died while fighting dire rats, the young Great began to lead the lost caravan. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To be a Bather again; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears suspenders and green workpants. Her shirt is blue, and she wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. Her crest is scarlet and very short. Her ears are large.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: The child of a Sage, who enjoyed hunting, Saphara was taken on many hunting expeditions. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. Being a Body Guard 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: 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 is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 500 sp. Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp).