Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. 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: Born to a Mayor, her father struggled to pay the bills. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Actor. She tends to her Actor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Logical. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his axe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Alston was born on a far northern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Roofer. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Guardian, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 900 gp. Moss agate (11 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Obsidian (11 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has no hair. Her eyes are likewise white.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

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. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. 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. Gomory fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 9000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Amber (110 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Jade (110 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a pastel top hat and pastel clothes. His orange fur is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are yellow.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: Revenge; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jasper (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp).

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her silver hair is knotted and matted. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She struck the Mason job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a dyer again

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Passionate. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

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

Possessions: 700 sp. Red spinel (50 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her club with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She wears a colorful flower in her lavender fur. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was taken from her home at a very young age. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

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

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Military, Slave. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: This woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her right hand. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Has a crush, Mentor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 120 gp. Star rose quartz (60 gp).

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'3" when asserting himself. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural tiefling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1200 gp. Gold music box (2000 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (80 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).