Description: She stands about 6'4" and is dressed in earthy colors with a black and white handkerchief worn on her left side. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears her bronze crest up. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She worked as a nervous Painter and found it very stressful. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and balancing her hectic life and new painter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly bastard swords and whips. His black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. He has brown eyes.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. 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: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Muggrish was born on a far western island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Scribe. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a simple grey robe with blue stripes complete with hood and is in decent physical shape. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his top grey hat.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born in a small island village. In his 16th 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. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Guardian. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. He has dyed his greying orange fur a little too much giving a sharp orange color. He has hazel eyes.

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 is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: Revenge; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Opinionated, Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 700 gp. Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Jet (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her blue crest has been sun bleached extensively. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Nala was born with her mother's beautiful face. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Opinionated, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears suspenders and brown workpants. Her shirt is pastel, and she wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time, and is pretty ugly. She keeps her white hair in a flapper bob. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dragonborn artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has no hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Philomena was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Healer. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Has a crush, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 4000 sp. Rock crystal (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp).