Description: This western woman is dressed in earthy colors with a black and grey handkerchief worn on her left side. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her red crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Gesrethe lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family, Slave. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His red hair is knotted and matted. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 Mason. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and balancing his hectic life and new mason responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This tall, slender woman prefers to wear violet pants and tee shirts. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. She has brown eyes and a violet hat with a blue feather.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She enjoys reading and quiet.

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. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Stableman work with an outfit from a few towns over. Stableman work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to be a banker again

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Ulla lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Through the years after Ulla was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Ulla's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Bowyer they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Mayor, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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 now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 40 gp.