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. She is portly but not overly obese. Her fur is cut close to her head. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 500 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: This man sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his right hand. His head has been shaved. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family, Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 150 gp. Citrine (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a fancy green suit, and he perpetually has his pickaxe ready. His crest is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are red.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Greethen was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Monk, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Monk in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). After a long history of fighting, Greethen and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He is an epitome of beauty. His long brown hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Cook hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, In love. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 7000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (90 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: Pikar wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Monk, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Pikar never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is renowned for his bright violet suits and hats. He sports a flattop hair cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Bertram was born with his father's beautiful face. While he appears to be a normal Half-Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Joker. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His fur is black and curly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1400 pp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Coral (160 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Jet (160 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Jet (160 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Amber (160 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Iolite (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.