Description: He wears a simple yellow robe with black stripes complete with hood. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Herbalist for hire.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Military, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and very much looks the part of a Priest. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. His childhood dream was to be a Performer, but he was a colossal failure. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Priest for hire.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and balancing his hectic life and new priest responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 3000 cp. Tourmaline (70 gp). Jet (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His cinnamon fur is unkempt and raggedy. He is baby faced.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. A true patriot, Cloud would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Cloud was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Military, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Holy water. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is cut close to his head. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Gifted from a young age, Osah studied abroad. She worked as a nervous Glassblower and found it very stressful. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her hair is long and golden with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small brown clips. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Kathra is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She took after her father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her father taught her to defend herself. When her father died while fighting gnolls, the young Kathra began to lead the lost caravan. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly sickles and tridents. She wears her rusty crest up. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Being a Herbalist 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 is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 60 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). 1 Crowbar.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tiefling, and stands approximately 4'8". She sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and her gloved hand is found clutching a glaive. Her blue hair is knotted and matted. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born in the west to a Sailor, Beleth learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Sailor. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 700 sp. Iolite (70 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull blue iron scale mail. His white crest is braided into rings. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 500 sp.