Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She wears a colorful flower in her blonde hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Birel was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

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

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 600 pp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Soapmaker. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. His first spouse was a Miner, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Has a crush, Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a long, black cloak. He carries a battered falchion and tarnished kukri as well. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 4'9" and wears a blue tunic with green highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has slicked back white hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She uses divination through singing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Malquis studied abroad. 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's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Crown-heir; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Shy, Addict. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver pearl (130 gp). Black pearl (300 gp).

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 6000 sp. Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His golden hair is thinning but still full. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Family, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. He wears his copper crest up. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Bidreked grew up listening to his mother's many stories. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 600 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (20 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her brown hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Soapmaker born in the past three hundred years. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Fletcher father left him crippled. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.