Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. Her fur is white and curly. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. 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: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Harvest liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 20000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He found a children's book about a Halfling Adept who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears a blue wide-brimmed hat and blue clothes. She carries with her a set of tridents on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. Her long red hair reaches down to her waist. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Miller for the past few years.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears dull brown sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed scythe, just in case. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. 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: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Barbena fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'5" when asserting herself. She has styled her black crest well, parting it to the left. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Kava was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She worked as a nervous Shoemaker and found it very stressful. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Shoemaker for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive, Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 300 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the right. 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's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered east to less war torn lands. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Insomniac, PTSD. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 2300 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy rusty crest. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has a hunchback. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: Standing 4'1", this man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His golden hair is braided into rings. He has gray eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: The child of a Spice Merchant, who enjoyed hunting, Nalral was taken on many hunting expeditions. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. After a long history of fighting, Nalral and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp).