Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Courier, and carries pickaxes. His red hair is braided into rings. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Alberich was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Alberich abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. After a long history of fighting, Alberich and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple violet line shooting up and back down. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Slave Trader. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 30 gp. 3 Thunderstones.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'5" when asserting himself. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Frouse was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Frouse was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Being a Bather kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This malnourished man prefers to wear flannel. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. After a long history of fighting, Jebeddo and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a grey costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. Her auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has blue eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Philantrophist, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'3" when asserting herself. She wears her dark red hair down. She has gold eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Gifted from a young age, Hecat studied abroad. Her divine abilities were realized during a raid on her village. 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. Hecat fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She's in love; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 150 gp. Star rose quartz (40 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. Being a Soapmaker 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.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Sensitive, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 sp. Peridot (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. His blonde hair is cut short. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Painter profession.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Servant for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Painter again; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Selfish, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears an entirely tan suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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 Layabout. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Theriatis never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: In love, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 700 sp.