Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. Her long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. 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; and she is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 80 gp. Golden pearl (40 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Anselm was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Anselm has worked very hard to control his curse. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a simple blue robe with brown stripes complete with hood, and is pretty ugly. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). A small bag of saffron. (60 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'8" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Stylist. Her bronze crest is matted, messy, and big. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Stylist. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. Recently the stress of being a Stylist has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 3'5" and wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Fisher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 24000 cp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Herbalist profession.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He worked as a nervous Banker and found it very stressful. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Banker.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1000 gp. Coral (160 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Jade (160 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times, and is pretty ugly. She has wavy white hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving 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: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with her Priest father left her crippled. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 50 gp. Tourmaline (100 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has green eyes and a brown hat with a black feather.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He has shaved his head bald. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the east. Senteq abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dragonborn artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 180 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.