Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears baggy tan pantaloons and a black scarf. His hair is blonde and very short. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Alston was born with his father's beautiful face. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and balancing his hectic life and new shoemaker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a simple tan robe with brown stripes complete with hood. Her silver hair is wavy and long. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Sensitive, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears dull white sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed kukri, just in case. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has shaved his head bald. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Adventurer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Adventurer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: Standing 5'8", this woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. With bright auburn hair. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is harsh and unforgiving.

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. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright pastel and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his scythe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. He has no fur. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Mayor but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. 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. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Fabien fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Pacifist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing a long, grey cloak. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand her business

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Religious. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor, and carries maces. She has wavy red hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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 has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This northern woman is renowned for her bright grey dresses and hats. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her ears are large.

Personality: Katherine hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Bounty Hunter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.