Description: She is in excellent shape and wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her hair is chestnut and very short. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Shax enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Flaws: Insane, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

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 a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the south. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Diggory fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 2700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Caramip was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Military. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Just what you see.