Description: She dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with red slacks. She is portly but not overly obese. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To be a Carpenter again.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She wears her red hair up. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Abalaba was born with her mother's beautiful face. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She has worked as a Tailor like her mother before her.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature, Debt, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 60 gp. Sard (40 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has brown hair. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gifted student she started as a Shoemaker, but she got bored and became a Sailor. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Sailor for the past few years.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: She wears a tan shirt, with a yellow mid length skirt with yellow tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She carries with her a set of shortspears on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. Her chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: Ielenia speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ielenia grew up listening to her father's many stories. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man tends to wear a large red jacket, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Ploughman work with an outfit from a few towns over. Ploughman work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He became a Ploughman soon after.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is typically in his Merchant uniform. His hair is short and silver. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. 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 Merchant. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and balancing his hectic life and new merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Terse, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 300 sp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears just a red suit. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a Sailor first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born into a rich family. A gifted student he started as a Bather, but he got bored and became a Sailor. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, In love, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 300 sp. Jade (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has wavy black hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. While he appears to be a normal Half-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. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. His brass crest is long and unkept. His gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 140 gp.