Description: This malnourished man wears just a black suit. His hair is white and very short. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. A true patriot, Iados would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born in a small desert village. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He bought a pickaxe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it.

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Poor, Military, Nature, Debt. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the south. 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 Shepherd. He struck the Shepherd job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 6000 cp. Rose (70 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt, she is not a threatening figure. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1 Holy water.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Erdan was born the youngest of three triplets. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 600 sp. Coral (110 gp). 1 Average lock.

Description: This woman wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a bastard sword on her belt, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has wavy brown fur. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Tree was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Terse, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1500 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). 1 Half-Plate.