Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. Her red fur is braided into rings. She has blue eyes and a brown hat with a grey feather.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: An older woman who wears a tan shirt with thin green vertical stripes and brown pants, she is not a threatening figure. Her blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform After a long history of fighting, Claira and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Amber (100 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a large blue jacket. He carries a battered shortspear and tarnished club as well. He wears his red hair down. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. He feeds upon the attention of others.

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. His first spouse was a Seamstress, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. 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: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Red spinel (40 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

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. Rael is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Rael was born with his father's beautiful face. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and doesn't want to be a doctor and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 500 gp. Chrysoberyl (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Through the years after Menny was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Menny's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 2'11" and usually wears his white robe and has his flail always slung over his shoulder. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. After a long history of fighting, Tomi and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 2000 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (20 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears baggy green pantaloons and a brown scarf. She has moderate length purple hair. She has gleaming, smiling black eyes.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now mingles about in high society.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Sensitive, Lazy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 90 gp. Amethyst (50 gp). 3 Antitoxin.