Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. A gifted student she started as a Glassblower, but she got bored and became a Layabout. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1800 gp. Deep green spinel (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, red shirt, and grey tie. His black hair is long and unkept. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Born to a Bounty Hunter, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Laucian and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and human compassion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a grey tunic with violet highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has wavy brown hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Mary is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Mary has worked very hard to control her curse. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 400 sp. Banded agate (10 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He wears his brown hair up. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his feathered tan hat.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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: Wants a kiss; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Server

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp. 4 Smokesticks. 1 Alchemist’s fire. 3 Antitoxin. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her violet robe. Her black hair is heavily combed to the right. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. A friendly and beautiful Half-Orc, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She became a Masseuse soon after.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1200 gp. Tourmaline (140 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Sard (50 gp).

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Puyet was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 10000 sp. Obsidian (6 gp). Jet (100 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Peridot (20 gp).

Description: He wears a tan vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his tan boots flare out at the collars. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Varis is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Varis alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls.

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 400 gp. Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Peridot (50 gp).