Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a simple yellow robe with red stripes complete with hood. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her golden hair is lengthy. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: Bethrynna hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Bethrynna hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 500 gp. Zircon (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. He has no hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. 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.

Ideals: Artistic, Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 4000 gp. Obsidian (7 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a blue coat. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Courier. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 90 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. She has moderate length chestnut hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Orc activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Orc doctor. 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: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born into a rich family. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a blue shirt, with a violet mid length skirt with violet tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She got into the Miner business at a young age. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Miner work with an outfit from a few towns over. Miner work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Miner for hire.

Motivation: To be a Scribe again; and expand her business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'0" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a yellow armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down. His hair is short and blonde. He has gray eyes and a yellow hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving 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 Healer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 40 gp. Brown-green garnet (140 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She wears a colorful flower in her white hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Joker, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 20000 sp. Peridot (40 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her golden hair is smooth and relatively long. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She's also a talented Ploughman, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; 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

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 370 gp.