Description: He wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his mace, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Tanner born in the past three hundred years. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Tanner. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Moonstone (60 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length brown hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She got into the Body Guard business at a young age. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 has worked as a Body Guard like her mother before her.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Immeral was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 120 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. His chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born to a Bricklayer, his father struggled to pay the bills. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Guardian, Poor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 4000 cp. Golden pearl (90 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Jade (90 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Elf in existence. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born into a rich family. While he appears to be a normal Elf, 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's also a talented Sculptor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Tiefling people; and expand his business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 50 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (110 gp).

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Kelter lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Slave. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This northern man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is cut close to his head. His ears are large.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Iados embodies much of what other species detest in the Tieflings. 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: Iados was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 250 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. His crest, while still mostly bronze, has prominent grey streaks. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Shoemaker arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 12000 cp.

Description: This dark-skinned female wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her brown hair is singed and shortened. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Merchant profession.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Vorka has worked very hard to control her curse. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Bowyer for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 40 pp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.