Description: A middle-aged man, he wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a sickle, but if one is not available he will default to his morningstar, and is pretty ugly. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Lazy. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a white armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Volen lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Orc companion (her 'brother'). She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and to unite with her brother

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears brown trousers with grey and yellow striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She has wavy silver hair. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Shoemaker born in the past three hundred years. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Shoemaker but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: The child of a Beggar, who enjoyed hunting, Rosalind was taken on many hunting expeditions. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and obtaining odd cultural dragonborn artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Pacifist, Athletic. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 13000 sp. Violet garnet (1300 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Anthony took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up greataxe and armor he uses now. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Fletcher.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Fletcher responsibilities is difficult; and expand his business

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 34000 sp. 1 Superior lock. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Superior lock.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a tan tunic with black highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has styled her golden hair well, parting it to the right. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Sumnes hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp. Aquamarine (500 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. 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 was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his father's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered drow who tried to eat his hand. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Rock crystal (30 gp). Jet (60 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a white vest and prefers green and grey shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has no hair. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. 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 on a small isolated farm. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Insane. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She wears her brown hair down. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

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. After months of barely getting by, Irann managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 400 gp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Jasper (70 gp).

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her quarterstaff, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. Her brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 800 gp.