Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She wears baggy grey pantaloons and a blue scarf. She has a hunchback. Her black hair is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are brown 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: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She is portly but not overly obese. She wears a colorful flower in her black hair. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 130 pp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She stands about 3'9" and wears a brown coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon her head. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She has a very tight haircut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Kilia was born with her father's beautiful face. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born to a Butcher, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ekemon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 250 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. His red crest is smooth and relatively long. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Painter arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Mason. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Painter responsibilities is difficult; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 40 gp.