Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with white colored cloaks and clothing, and is pretty ugly. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She is a Interpreter first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Volen grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She tends to her Interpreter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 40000 cp. Brown-green garnet (110 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and yellow handkerchief worn on her right side, and is pretty ugly. She has wavy brown hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Through the years after Tippletoe was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Tippletoe's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Butcher they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Masseuse, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She keeps her purple hair in a pixie cut. She is baby faced.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. 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 Fisher. She was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside her partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull black iron scale mail. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Eldon took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Selfish. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1300 sp. Star rose quartz (70 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her scarlet crest is greasy and uncared for. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1500 gp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Black pearl (200 gp).

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with yellow colored cloaks and clothing. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Shy. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Sard (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Malachite (13 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'2". She wears dull red sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed kukri, just in case. With bright black hair. Her eyes are green.

Personality: Portia is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Portia was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 210 gp.