Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her quarterstaff with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. Avice enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Avice was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Bard, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Bard in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His golden hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of orcs may trigger it at times.

History: Anthony was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1400 gp.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She carries a battered flail and tarnished scimitar as well. Her red crest is thinning but still full. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dragonborns in Kadana's homeland. Kadana decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her tied-back hair is black. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Body Guard for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'10" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She wears her gray fur up. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 700 sp.