Description: She is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. She prefers to wear flannel. She has a hunchback. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

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

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears just a black suit. Her crest is bronze and very short. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Savaran hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 30000 cp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears just a black suit. He keeps his purple hair in a pixie cut. His half smiles and black eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Jade (100 gp).

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She carries with her a set of ceremonial daggers, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Tiefling people.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane, Racist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She stands about 3'11" and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. Barbena enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Barbena was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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 got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion.

Flaws: Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a white vest and prefers tan and blue shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her red hair is well kept. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Born in the east to a Mortician, Volen learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Through the years after Volen was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Volen's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 46000 sp. 1 Buckler. 1 Chain shirt.