Description: This late middle aged man is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak and is in decent physical shape. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing his hectic life and new animal trainer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Rich, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 47000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her white hair is braided into rings. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and she has a crush on the local herbalist

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 gp. Jasper (20 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears skinny pants and wears a grey and blue robe with the hood down. His hair is blonde and curly. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Architect but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This man likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His copper crest is long and unkept. His eyes are gold and beady.

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. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Tarhun is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He got into the Herbalist business at a young age. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Herbalist. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Fisher. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 30 pp. Rock crystal (50 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. This white eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Vepar hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. She took after her mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her mother taught her to defend herself. When her mother died while fighting dire rats, the young Vepar began to lead the lost caravan. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears professional attire. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is chestnut and curly. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Dayereth lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his mother's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered brigands who tried to eat his hand. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and a deep hatred of brigands

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 2900 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'10". She wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her beige fur has been sun bleached extensively. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Priest hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. After a long history of fighting, Gale and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 4000 sp.