Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears her black hair up. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Paela is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born to a Butcher, her mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Performer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 380 gp. Carnelian (70 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She has silver hair. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Beatrice lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Slave. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears red leather gloves, a red jacket, and tight pants. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Howard hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Nature, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is obsessed with his god.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 30 gp. Tourmaline (100 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and is wearing a long, black cloak. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. He has a dull look in his black eyes.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Sage arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Bellfounder they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Sage, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She is typically in her Layabout uniform. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her bronze crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: This woman loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. A gifted student she started as a Roofer, but she got bored and became a Layabout. She struck the Layabout job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears dull blue sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed glaive, just in case. He is physically well-built. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has achieved small success as a Dyer.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 240 gp. Coral (120 gp). Rose (70 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: Standing 6'0", this woman wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. She has a long golden ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. Hadwisa enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Hadwisa was born the youngest of three triplets. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Hadwisa grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Hadwisa. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is greedy; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He likes to wear green tank tops with brown pants. He keeps his white crest in a flapper bob. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Masseuse. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 360 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.