Description: She wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. She carries with her a set of swords, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is long and blonde with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small brown clips. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. A true patriot, Aline would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his falchion with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has no fur. He has blue eyes and a pastel hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 12000 sp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a bastard sword, but if one is not available she will default to her shortspear. She has styled her black fur well, parting it to the right. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Smoking was born with her father's beautiful face. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Guardian, Attractive. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She stands about 3'9" and wears a fancy grey dress. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She keeps her auburn hair in a pixie cut. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the north. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her mother's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered illithids who tried to eat her hand. She's also a talented Miller, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is a great chef.

History: Charles was born the youngest of three triplets. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family, In love. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 50 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with violet lining and desert motifs. Her long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Beatrice grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Beatrice. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a violet coat. She keeps her auburn hair in a pixie cut. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 800 gp. Aquamarine (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. His bronze crest is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are gold.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. One day when Mreksh was young, his mother was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly his mother dropped to the ground dead. His mother had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Mreksh was heart-stricken from the event, and his father started working long hours to provde for them. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and balancing his hectic life and new carter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1200 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Gold and ruby ring (8000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.