Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. Her hair is auburn and very short. She has amber eyes and a black hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away; and she wants revenge against orcs

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 370 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is yellow, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. He sports a flattop crest cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Bather who has hired him part-time. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nithther 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 Nithther. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to be a painter again

Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1100 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (10 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a tan small hat and tan clothes. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He worked as a nervous Roofer and found it very stressful. He has achieved small success as a Roofer.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Military, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a grey collared shirt and white pants. He accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has red hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is content

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears white painted combat armor at almost all times, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She has wavy black hair. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. After a long history of fighting, Merla and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'9". She wears a grey costume with the symbols of luck on her torso, and her gloved hand is found clutching a flail. Her brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Fisher arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. After coming to the age of reason, Yvonne took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She wears green 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 whip, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'1" when asserting herself. Her copper crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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 spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly warhammers and hand crossbows. Her bronze crest is thinning but still full. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She got into the Beggar business at a young age. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nala 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 Nala. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Peridot (50 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.