Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a black shirt, with a green mid length skirt with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She has slicked back golden hair. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Orc in existence. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Courier business.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. After a long history of fighting, Bendoo and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her long red fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her copper eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She is a great chef.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Farmer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Farmer work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She tends to her Farmer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1200 gp. Black pearl (900 gp). Black opal (500 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'10". He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a very tight haircut. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is a Painter first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Hogar hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. After a long history of fighting, Hogar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Coral (90 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Jet (90 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a grey tunic with brown highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has violet eyes and a grey hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Jarana grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman is dressed in earthy colors with a black and white handkerchief worn on her left side and is in decent physical shape. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are black and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'2" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His beige fur is braided into rings. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. 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: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Ethereal was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has worked as a Tanner like his father before him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to reunite with his absent father

Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich, Military, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'2" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She keeps her black hair in a pixie cut. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Everburning torch. 1 Antitoxin. 7 Acid flasks.

Description: He wears a white vest and prefers black and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Sailor. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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: Wants to open a new tavern; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Jade (120 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp).