Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and he perpetually has his scimitar ready. His hair is golden and curly. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. 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 got into the Cook business at a young age. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Cook work with an outfit from a few towns over. Cook work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 600 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Mella lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 south. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. He sports a flattop hair cut. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is a great chef.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 15000 sp. Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has a very tight haircut. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Carpenter born in the past three hundred years. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Carpenter for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Gold music box (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 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 (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.