Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He is typically in his Sculptor uniform. He keeps his long cinnamon fur kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and to be a map maker again

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 3'1" western woman, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her black hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Verna alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 3000 gp. Moss agate (14 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp).

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. 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: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Fisher arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering her clean studded leather. Sporting a black mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Seamstress business.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. 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: She's attracted to the PC; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 10000 cp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. His hair is chestnut and curly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Valafar enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His childhood dream was to be a Sellsword, but he was a colossal failure. He's also a talented Sellsword, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she is typically in her Soapmaker uniform. Her hair is short and golden. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Soapmaker born in the past three hundred years. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born in the north to a Soapmaker, Matilda learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Insomniac, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She likes to wear white tank tops with green skirt. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She wears her brown hair up. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Debt. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 400 gp.