Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Shadow lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 180 pp. Bloodstone (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Soveliss was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Gardener for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (50 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 4'9" southern woman, she wears baggy pastel pantaloons and a red scarf. She has no fur. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Engraver. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 800 pp. Eye agate (4 gp). Jade (90 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Antinua was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Antinua and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull brown iron scale mail. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his left hand. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. This violet eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He uses divination through singing.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. After coming to the age of reason, Lance took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 500 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her golden hair is well kept. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Bookbinder. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: PTSD, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 130 pp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears tattered old clothes. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. A true patriot, Ahvain would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Military, Mentor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her small black hat.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. A gifted student she started as a Spy, but she got bored and became a Stylist. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.