Description: This malnourished woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. Her scarlet crest is still thick. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 4 Acid flasks. 3 Holy water. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a violet vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her violet boots flare out at the collars and is in decent physical shape. Her brown hair is still thick. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Cook. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Cook hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Slave, Poor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 600 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His silver hair is heavily combed to the left. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. 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-sister.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Slave, Rich, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: 5'6" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her dark red hair is braided into rings. Her white unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. 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: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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 has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with red colored cloaks and clothing, marred by teas. He has shaved his head bald. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, 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 has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'11" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears tattered old clothes. Her hair is white and very short. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Artin grew up listening to her father's many stories. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his scimitar with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Armorer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His childhood dream was to be a Roofer, but he was a colossal failure. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 700 gp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a worn and beaten armor. She wears her black hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: Myathethil lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Orc people; and money/treasure

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears suspenders and white workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born into a rich family. Blossom abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1000 gp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Coral (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.