Description: A middle-aged woman, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and is pretty ugly. She has dyed her greying gray fur a little too much giving a sharp gray color. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Cask grew up listening to her father's many stories. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sword.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is her passion; and to share knowledge with the world

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

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. This hazel eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Priest business.

History: She is a Doppelganger in disguise. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush, Criminal record. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Layabout. She keeps her silver hair in a flapper bob. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Layabout who has hired her part-time. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Layabout for the past few years.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Layabout and was forced into it by her family; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Has a crush, Family, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 120000 cp. Obsidian (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has no hair. This silver eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has achieved small success as a Shipwright.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1 Silk rope. 1 Masterwork manacles. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her dark red hair is unkempt and raggedy. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: Vepar wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Adept, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a black cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. He has moderate length dark red hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He bought a lance and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: This man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His crest is short and silver. He has a dull look in his gold 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 moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Hirrathak was born with his mother's beautiful face. While he appears to be a normal Dragonborn, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1800 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.