Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 4'9" and is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. Her hair is cut close to her head. 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. 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 child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Spice Merchant. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is typically in her Butcher uniform. She keeps her bronze crest in a pixie cut. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Nala was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Butcher. She became a Butcher soon after.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Butcher responsibilities is difficult.

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

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She dresses well, wearing violet shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her tied-back hair is black. 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. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Ruler hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 2800 sp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is brown and curly. His silver unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Elves. Her skin is light but she possesses many pastel ritualistic tattoos. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her parents enrolled her in a Barbarian school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Obsidian (10 gp).