Description: An older man who wears a white shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and black pants, he is not a threatening figure. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Silvo never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he wants revenge against illithids

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, In love, Has a crush. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield. 1 Full Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'8" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She wears a colorful flower in her white crest. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. 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 several months after her father was called into army service. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Banker responsibilities is difficult; and expand her business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 7000 gp. Alexandrite (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Jade (150 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Citrine (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a simple grey robe with green stripes complete with hood, and is pretty ugly. Her white hair is knotted and matted. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

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

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 34. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Painter. He has worked as a Painter like his mother before him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and balancing his hectic life and new painter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 5000 sp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp).

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her hair is long and silver with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small grey clips. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker grey hat.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Barkeep who has hired her part-time. A friendly and beautiful Human, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Born to a Mercenary, her mother struggled to pay the bills. 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 east. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Poor, Family, Religious. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His black hair is singed and shortened. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. Hupe enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Gifted from a young age, Hupe studied abroad. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: She stands about 5'2" and typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. With wild chestnut hair. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Myathethil is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

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. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Myathethil was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.