Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She takes great joy in being the best Bounty Hunter in town.

History: She was born in the south. 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 Bounty Hunter. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 gp. Obsidian (11 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. He keeps his long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. Lance enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Hedonist. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 800 gp. Onyx (50 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Jet (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He wears a colorful flower in his brown hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and violet handkerchief worn on his right side. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Stableman arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. 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'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 500 gp.