Description: She wears a brown collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She carries with her a set of hand crossbows, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her white fur is knotted and matted. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. River was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 5'11" and usually wears her pastel robe and has her crossbow always slung over her shoulder. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She has done her best to style her white fur to look like a famous performer. Her half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. The war was a terrible time for her, and Smoking does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Smoking hails from a village terrorized by brigands. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Smoking alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and revenge

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 60 gp. Peridot (20 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His tied-back hair is silver. His eyes are likewise hazel.

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. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. After a long history of fighting, Prâk and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Sard (80 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Rose (80 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the east. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Hunter. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Full Plate. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'4". She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has done her best to style her dark red hair to look like a famous performer. Her white eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the north were limited. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and to be a baker again

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is typically in his Bowyer uniform. His long blonde hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born in the east. A gifted student he started as a Architect, but he got bored and became a Bowyer. He tends to his Bowyer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 6000 gp. Black pearl (1100 gp). Peridot (70 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She is wearing a long, green cloak. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has no crest. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. 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: To reunite with her old friends; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1900 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.