Description: This woman is very fat, and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has wavy silver hair. Her black eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. 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: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Azza was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 50 pp. Jasper (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and brown handkerchief worn on his left side. His tied-back hair is black. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Cook business.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He's in love; and he has a crush on the local layabout

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 16000 cp.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her rapier with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born in the west. 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 south. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 600 sp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. He is physically well-built. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To be a Laborer again.

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His hair is short and silver. His eyes are blue.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the west were limited. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She usually wears her red robe and has her trident always slung over her shoulder. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She tends to her Apothecary job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and sabotage a competitor

Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 8000 cp.