Description: Standing 5'1", this man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his shortspear with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is auburn and curly. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. Odo enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the east to a Herbalist, Odo learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has achieved small success as a Herbalist.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 90000 cp. Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp).

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his shield with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his shield, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has silver eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born in the west to a Spy, Morthos learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He's also a talented Courier, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to be a courier again

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 2'11". She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. A friendly and beautiful Halfling, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and she seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 10 pp. Amber (160 gp). Jade (160 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'1" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a mace on her belt. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Born to a Bowyer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 900 gp. Amethyst (140 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise gray.

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 refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Alberich lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He married young, but lost his spouse to giants. 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's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. Her white hair is matted, messy, and big. She has green eyes.

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 has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has a hunchback. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she is greedy

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 300 gp. Sard (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.