Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His long blonde hair reaches down to his waist. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Courier. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Râsh lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to be a scribe again

Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1100 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a ceremonial dagger, but if one is not available she will default to her scimitar. She carries with her a set of scimitars on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. Her golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has brown eyes and a white hat with a green feather.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. 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. Merla fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Military. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears her auburn hair down. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and doesn't want to be a masseuse and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1600 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on her right hand. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She uses divination through singing.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She worked as a nervous Layabout and found it very stressful. She has worked as a Layabout like her mother before her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 10000 cp.