Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a blue shirt with thin black vertical stripes and brown pants. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 gp. Silver ewer (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a tan costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. Her white hair is wavy and long. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Chaedi hails from a village terrorized by giants. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Spice Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spice Merchant work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 15000 cp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair is long and black with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small brown clips. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Elizabeth was born on a far southern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Mortician. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Revenge; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 2800 gp. Jade (150 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Sard (40 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with white slacks. His red crest is braided into rings. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Butcher born in the past three hundred years. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He got into the Butcher business at a young age. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dragonborns in Kerkad's homeland. Kerkad decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and balancing his hectic life and new butcher responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 5000 cp. Obsidian (13 gp).