Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. She carries with her a set of greataxes on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. She wears her auburn hair down. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 600 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. His brown fur is smooth and relatively long. His ears are large.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Mortician hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gale fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 2000 gp. Eye agate (5 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears brown trousers with yellow and grey striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. She has brown eyes and a brown hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Joan grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Joan. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

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

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a green vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his green boots flare out at the collars. His blue crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Salasar grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. During his travels, Salasar and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Salasar discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Salasar fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a violet coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born to a Tailor, his father struggled to pay the bills. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Religious, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

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

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a fancy white dress. She is an epitome of beauty. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her childhood dream was to be a Herbalist, but she was a colossal failure. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: Standing 5'9", this man wears a brown shirt, with a tan mid length shorts with tan tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His brown fur is singed and shortened. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 210 pp. Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.