Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She keeps her long blue crest kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gold.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born in the north to a Painter, Aasathra learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her childhood dream was to be a Bounty Hunter, but she was a colossal failure. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and expand her business

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 500 gp. Jet (50 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a simple grey robe with pastel stripes complete with hood. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the south. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned female wears red leather gloves, a red jacket, and tight pants. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She takes great joy in being the best Armorer in town.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Armorer arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Philomena fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has shaved his head bald. His ears are large.

Personality: He hates Halflings with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Vlorn lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Dwarven people; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. She prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. She has a hunchback. Her hair is silver and very short. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1300 sp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This eastern man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His clothes are grease stained in places. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 40 pp. Zircon (50 gp).

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He is portly but not overly obese. His fur is cut close to his head. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bowyer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He's in love; and he's attracted to the pc

Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1400 gp.

Description: She wears bulky white painted plate armor. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She sports a flattop hair cut. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Lidda grew up listening to her father's many stories. She found a children's book about a Halfling Expert who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Emotional, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 3000 gp. Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Jacinth (4000 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a brown small hat and brown clothes. His yellow fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. His eyes are a pleasant copper.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born in the north. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp).