Description: A 6'1" eastern man, he dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a black coat with red slacks. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 4000 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned female does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. With bright auburn hair. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. While she appears to be a normal Dwarf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'3" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her brown hair is lengthy. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Tawar speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. 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: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 30000 cp.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her crest is bronze and curly. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Doudra speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. In her 15th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a dagger, but if one is not available she will default to her club. She is an epitome of beauty. Her hair is chestnut and curly. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Merla was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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 hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (20 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with blue slacks. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her parents enrolled her in a Ranger school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: She wears an entirely black suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She is portly but not overly obese. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are white and perfect.

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. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Just what you see.