Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She carries a battered hand crossbow and tarnished shortbow as well. Her hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Marastyr fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'5" and dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Adrik was born the youngest of three triplets. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He is a Maurezhi in disguise. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 3000 sp. Obsidian (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bellfounder arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Chalcedony (20 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is dressed in an above average manner. Her long brown fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Soapmaker who has hired her part-time. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she has a crush on the local bricklayer

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. Obsidian (14 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.