Description: A plain young-adult man, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His green crest is smooth and relatively long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Kerkad will drive conversation. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Kerkad was born the youngest of three triplets. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Kerkad grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Kerkad. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature quarterstaff.

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

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Family, Criminal record, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears bulky red painted plate armor, and she perpetually has her lance ready. Her black hair is long and unkept. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Philomena and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman usually wears her black robe and has her rapier always slung over her shoulder. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her bronze crest is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Gardener hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She tends to her Gardener job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 100 sp. Rose (70 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. Her red hair is lengthy. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is a Slave Trader first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the south. 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 worked as a Slave Trader like her father before her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand her business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 7000 sp.

Description: He wears a white shirt with thin violet vertical stripes and green pants. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Halander enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: William lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He found a children's book about a Human Paladin who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She sports silver long hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Gardener arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Helen was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Helen decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.