Description: This malnourished woman is dressed in a clean yellow cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has white hair. She has blue eyes and a yellow hat with a blue feather.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has achieved small success as a Bricklayer.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job, Attractive. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Elves. His skin is dark but he possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. He wears a blue shirt with thin white vertical stripes and red pants. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Elf, 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Fearful, Insane. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 60 pp. Peridot (20 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp).

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner, and she perpetually has her quarterstaff ready. She has wavy blonde hair. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a Apothecary first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Apothecary.

Motivation: To be a Ruler again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and white handkerchief worn on her right side, and she perpetually has her monstrous two handed axe ready. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Emeny is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Emeny lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He is typically in his Shoemaker uniform. His hair is chestnut and curly. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a Shoemaker first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has worked as a Shoemaker like his mother before him.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Red garnet (60 gp). Sard (20 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His head has been shaved. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Tordek is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Tordek was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Interpreter. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Interpreter for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears silk and lounges about seductively. He wears his brown fur down. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Spice Merchant who has hired him part-time. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 2100 gp. Amber (140 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. She wears a simple yellow robe with brown stripes complete with hood. She has a hunchback. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Elven conditions. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and expand her business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Guardian, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and is pretty ugly. Her red hair is heavily combed to the left. She is baby faced.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Healer arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 500 gp. Jet (120 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.