Description: An older woman who wears just a brown suit, she is not a threatening figure. She has slicked back black hair. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

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. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Tanner but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born in a small desert village. Neega was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Neega decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Tanner kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Moss agate (12 gp). Amber (50 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'6" when asserting herself. Her bronze crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Insane, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A 6'2" southern woman, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. Her green crest is braided into rings. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. 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 raised by priests from a young age. She found a children's book about a Dragonborn Warlock who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. After a long history of fighting, Korinn and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1300 gp. Red garnet (60 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Emerald (900 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He prefers to wear flannel. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born in the west to a Shepherd, Kellen learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Shepherd for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Herbalist again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 400 gp. Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp).

Description: She wears a fancy black dress. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. The war was a terrible time for her, and Kansif does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. 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. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Aquamarine (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his trident, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. His hair is cut close to his head. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Azaki has worked very hard to control his curse. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Flaws: Terse, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 gp.