Description: This woman usually wears her brown robe and has her axe always slung over her shoulder. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her right hand. Her fur is black and curly. Her copper eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She worked as a nervous Tanner and found it very stressful. She became a Tanner soon after.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Military, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Emerald (1600 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Jade (130 gp).

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She carries with her a set of bastard swords, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her head has been shaved. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered south to less war torn lands. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her fur is cut close to her head. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He carries with him a set of greatswords on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. His gold crest is knotted and matted. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Quarethon was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He found a children's book about a Dragonborn Barbarian 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. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Quarethon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 300 pp. Malachite (9 gp).

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. He carries with him a set of scythes on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. His yellow fur has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are a pleasant yellow.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. Ethereal was born on a far western forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Performer. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears tattered old clothes. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Mercenary

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

Possessions: 8000 gp. Onyx (40 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 3'2". He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and his gloved hand is found clutching a crossbow. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Religious, Military. Occupation: Server

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears long strands of jet and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Tawar was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 40000 cp. Rhodochrosite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His hair is dark red and curly. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Valafar hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.