Description: She wears a black cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings, and she perpetually has her sword ready. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are likewise red.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. 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 west. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His scarlet crest is thinning but still full. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 290 gp. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: This slender man stands about 2'10". He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: In love, Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His red fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. His eyes are yellow and catlike.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: He was born into a rich family. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the west were limited. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He is greedy; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. He sports a flattop crest cut. His ears are large.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A freak accident while working with his Crown-heir father left him crippled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Citrine (80 gp).