Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. She has a long auburn ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Bardryn was born the youngest of three triplets. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with violet lining and desert motifs. His long brown hair reaches down to his waist. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

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. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 30000 cp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her silver crest is matted, messy, and big. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Farideh lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull blue iron scale mail. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her father 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 is greedy; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her brass crest is unkempt and raggedy. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Driindar was born on a far eastern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Detective. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a sai, but if one is not available she will default to her shortspear. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: Reeza speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. 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: Reeza was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Reeza never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 7000 sp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her black hair is braided into rings. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Arara hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. 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-brother.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Family, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Tharivol embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 150 pp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp).