Description: He wears a simple tan robe with yellow stripes complete with hood, and he perpetually has his pickaxe ready. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'7". She wears a black vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her black boots flare out at the collars. Her golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Military, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This light-skinned female is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Silaqui was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Armorer. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she's attracted to the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Has a crush, Guardian. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Azurite (5 gp). 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She wears her black hair down. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 200 gp. Eye agate (13 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Onyx (50 gp).

Description: This light-skinned male wears a brown vest and prefers black and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. 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: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp. Jet (60 gp).

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is chestnut and curly. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

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 loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Fulbar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Priest. He's also a talented Painter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears baggy brown pantaloons and a black scarf. He wears his white fur down. His copper eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Mayor for hire.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and sabotage a competitor

Bonds: Religious, Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp).

Description: This man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his falchion with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his left hand. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Sage but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He worked as a nervous Sage and found it very stressful. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Sage for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is content

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Sensitive, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. Her first spouse was a Server, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Family, Religious. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 70 gp.