Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly flails and maces. Her silver hair is braided into rings. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Armara 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. Some 6 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Armara never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, In love, Attractive. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jasper (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Red garnet (120 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. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Eva is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She got into the Merchant business at a young age. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Carpenter they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Merchant, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He wears his brass crest down. His eyes are gold.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Nykkan lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His childhood dream was to be a Cartwright, but he was a colossal failure. He became a Shoemaker soon after.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Guard. He carries with him a set of shortbows on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. He has no hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a red coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Dondon never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect his home

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, In love, Guardian. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her hair is golden and curly. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. 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: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Shamil was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the east were limited. 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 uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 400 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Light steel shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she tends to wear a red poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, and is pretty ugly. Her white hair is unkempt and raggedy. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Architect hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and revenge

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. 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 shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He takes great joy in being the best Stableman in town.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Stableman. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Stableman for hire.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing a long, black cloak. His hair is cut close to his head. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. After a long history of fighting, Henk and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Lapis lazuli (16 gp).