Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He dresses like a well dressed Locksmith does. His red hair is heavily combed to the left. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the west. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His father, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Bookbinder they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Locksmith, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Bonds: Job, Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 300 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ellyjoybell 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 Ellyjoybell. She bought a crossbow and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Expand her business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 140 pp.

Description: This malnourished man wears dull tan sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed warhammer, just in case. He has no hair. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Family, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: This southern woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Gifted from a young age, Bree studied abroad. Her druidic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. 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; and many giants want her driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman wears long strands of opal and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has styled her scarlet crest well, parting it to the left. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing painting.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A freak accident while working with her Jeweler mother left her crippled. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 pp. Jasper (20 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a grey deerstalker hat and grey clothes. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 49. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Fortune-teller profession.

History: She got into the Unemployed business at a young age. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Revenge; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, white shirt, and brown tie. His crest, while still mostly green, has prominent grey streaks. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 600 gp. Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). White opal (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and she perpetually has her mace ready. Her yellow fur is unkempt and raggedy. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines copper.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Stableman. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Pelt fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new stableman responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 210 gp. 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This western man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His clothes are grease stained in places. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Balam embodies much of what other species detest in the Tieflings. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 7000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.