Description: This light-skinned female sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has wavy brown hair. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is a great chef.

History: Barbena lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who is wearing a tight green one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His copper crest is knotted and matted. His skin is flawless and his gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Armorer born in the past three hundred years. The war was a terrible time for him, and Kaladan does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. 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. Kaladan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He is physically well-built. He sports a flattop crest cut. His ears are large.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born in a small forest village. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. 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: Money/treasure; and doesn't want to be a spy and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Gifted, Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 900 gp. Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp).

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Crown-heir. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She wears her black hair down. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Family, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. She has moderate length black hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

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 receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. After a long history of fighting, Menny and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 150 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is white, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Being a Mayor kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. She has no crest. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Cartwright born in the past three hundred years. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. A gifted student she started as a Banker, but she got bored and became a Cartwright. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, In love, Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Eye agate (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.