Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. With wild blonde hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Alain was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Alain decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Expand her business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 110 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'3" when asserting himself. His blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Herbalist. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Herbalist for hire.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, marred by chocolates. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her pastel robe. Her black hair is greasy and uncared for. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Animal Trainer. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born to a Mason, her father struggled to pay the bills. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Animal Trainer for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new animal trainer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 60 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp).

Description: This woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her right hand. Her chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: Jo hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Jo alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 30 gp.