Description: 6'4" and muscular, this eastern man very much looks the part of a Gardener. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He got into the Gardener business at a young age. He worked as a nervous Gardener and found it very stressful. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her auburn hair is still thick. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. 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: Oriff lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has worked as a Marshal like her mother before her.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 60 pp. A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp).

Description: She wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her fur, while still mostly cinnamon, has prominent grey streaks. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 350 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his bastard sword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small violet clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. 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 is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: This man tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his left hand. His dark red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 2700 sp. 4 Acid flasks.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He is typically in his Slave Trader uniform. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Slave Trader for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His hair is silver and very short. His black eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Xappan was born with his father's beautiful face. A freak accident while working with his Interpreter father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears tattered old clothes, marred by teas. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'1". She dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with white slacks. Her red hair is lengthy. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Sculptor for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a navigator again

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.