Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He is wearing a long, tan cloak. He has a hunchback. His white hair is lengthy. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. The war was a terrible time for him, and Riardon does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. When Riardon reached his early adolescence his Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a red shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and pastel pants. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Vani is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Gifted from a young age, Vani studied abroad. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Vani took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up dagger and armor she uses now. After a long history of fighting, Vani and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a black shirt, with a blue mid length shorts with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His crest is gold, silky, and of moderate length. His half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Kaladan 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 Kaladan. He bought a nunchaku and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 14000 sp. Red garnet (90 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. 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 long red hair reaches down to his waist. He is baby faced.

Personality: Akoth is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Akoth lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 900 gp. Onyx (30 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Emerald (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has shaved his head bald. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. Bulzo was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Engraver. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He is physically well-built. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Through the years after Broce was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Broce's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1000 gp. Aquamarine (1300 gp). Brown diamond (2000 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Rose (50 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Banded agate (14 gp).

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her white hair is knotted and matted. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Actor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a green tunic with black highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Born to a Barber, her mother struggled to pay the bills. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Manea took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up morningstar and armor she uses now. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 20 gp. Red garnet (40 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it. His orange fur is braided into rings. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: Spring hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born in the south to a Map Maker, Spring learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1000 gp. Pink pearl (40 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.