Description: This light-skinned female wears a worn and beaten armor. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. 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: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has moderate length dark red hair. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She got into the Interpreter business at a young age. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Interpreter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Interpreter work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She struck the Interpreter job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Ploughman again.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Oren embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Oren hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 4000 sp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor and is in decent physical shape. His brown hair is knotted and matted. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Dalgal hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Dalgal was born the youngest of three triplets. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He's also a talented Guard, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and balancing his hectic life and new shoemaker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job, In love. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 4'9" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears suspenders and white workpants. Her shirt is green, and she wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. Neega enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Actor for hire.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and balancing her hectic life and new actor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Iolite (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull grey iron scale mail. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. A friendly and beautiful Gnome, 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 pair of adventurers, Tippletoe grew up listening to her father's many stories. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears yellow painted combat armor at almost all times. He has no hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his tan robe. He carries a battered scythe and tarnished shield as well. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Thoradin embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. Thoradin enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A freak accident while working with his Dilettante mother left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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 dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Ruler hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.