Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears just a brown suit. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. Avelina enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Avelina was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Humans in Avelina's homeland. Avelina decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Avelina fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1000 cp. Coral (150 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He is dressed in an above average manner. He has blonde hair. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker tan hat.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Cartwright. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Born to a Fisher, his father struggled to pay the bills. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Cartwright.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and balancing his hectic life and new cartwright responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 gp. Obsidian (12 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Malachite (12 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His cinnamon fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are likewise copper. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 150 pp.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'3" and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. His head has been shaved. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Arannis grew up listening to his father's many stories. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Arannis has worked very hard to control his curse. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has wavy black hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the west were limited. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She usually wears her brown robe and has her monstrous two handed axe always slung over her shoulder. Her silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Born to a Stableman, her father struggled to pay the bills. A gifted student she started as a Stableman, but she got bored and became a Layabout. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Layabout for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing her hectic life and new layabout responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, In love, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 3000 gp. Red garnet (120 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp).