Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with violet lining and desert motifs. He has a hunchback. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 14000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His silver crest is smooth and relatively long. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He became a Cartwright soon after.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Enemies, Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 25000 sp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Iolite (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her hair is cut close to her head. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 4000 cp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor, marred by sweets. She has moderate length red hair. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her parents were killed by brigands in a raid when she was still a young child. The brigands captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 400 sp. Rhodochrosite (6 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This tall, slender woman is renowned for her bright violet dresses and hats. Her black hair is braided into rings. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Helen hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the west. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and expand her business

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist, Impeccable. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Iolite (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Sard (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.