Description: He wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is tan, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. He is physically well-built. His hair is chestnut and very short. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Rolf lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He worked as a nervous Shoemaker and found it very stressful. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Interpreter. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has achieved small success as a Interpreter.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Interpreter responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 41000 sp. Carnelian (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is wearing a long, brown cloak. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is long and golden with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Thomas abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He tends to his Guard job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 300 gp. Hematite (11 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Malachite (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tan coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. He has silver hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Ernest was born with his father's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has achieved small success as a Shoemaker.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1000 sp. Star ruby (400 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a red coat with grey slacks. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Roland is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Roland was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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: A strong sense of loyalty to Human people; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 70000 cp.