Description: This late middle aged woman tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt and is in decent physical shape. Her dark red hair is thinning but still full. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Pyra fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a worn and beaten armor. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Spice Merchant. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. The war was a terrible time for him, and Salasar does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Spice Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He is portly but not overly obese. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. With bright blonde hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Stableman arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Azurite (4 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a violet tunic with red highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her silver hair is wavy and long. She has amber eyes and a violet hat with a red feather.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born in a small island village. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Orc people; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Forgetful, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Black opal (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Rose (30 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Coral (110 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Canary diamond (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This light-skinned female prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. With wild golden hair. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Sardonyx (30 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He keeps his gold crest in a flapper bob. His fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Shamash was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Animal Trainer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: In love, Poor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.