Description: This eastern woman wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her crest is cut close to her head. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Saphara was born on a far eastern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Cook. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 gp. Moss agate (6 gp). Hematite (6 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a white cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Halflings in Pirithin's homeland. Pirithin decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he is content

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 2600 gp. Jade (150 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Rose (60 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Rose (60 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her white crest is lengthy. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: The child of a Assassin, who enjoyed hunting, Daar was taken on many hunting expeditions. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. Her skin is light but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She wears just a white suit. Her silver hair is greasy and uncared for. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Mercenary but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Persistence, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp).

Description: She is wearing a long, violet cloak, and carries hand crossbows. She has brown hair. 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 misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ahlyssa fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural dragonborn artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 7000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.