Description: This southern man wears tattered old clothes. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is long and brown with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. He has green eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a scythe, but if one is not available she will default to her trident. Her hair is white and curly. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. To her fellows she 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: She was born in the north. A freak accident while working with her Knight father left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her black hair is knotted and matted. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 3'8" northern man, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. 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 hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Farmer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears professional attire. Her tied-back hair is blonde. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Meena was born with her mother's beautiful face. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Gnomes in Meena's homeland. Meena decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

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. Her long scarlet crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She's also a talented Bookbinder, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 220 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2600 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length red hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He comes from a rich western family. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 2000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Sard (30 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Amber (70 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Amber (70 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Sard (30 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Jasper (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.