Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her black hair is singed and shortened. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Jet (100 gp).

Description: He stands about 5'7" and prefers to wear violet pants and tee shirts. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are gray.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He got into the Fisher business at a young age. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has achieved small success as a Fisher.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1400 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Pûgrish is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He wears white trousers with black and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly bastard swords and longbows. His brown hair is still thick. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

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. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Philantrophist, Extrovert. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Kithri 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 Kithri. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His black hair is still thick. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

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

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: This man tends to wear a large brown jacket. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears a colorful flower in his gray fur. He has gleaming, smiling yellow eyes.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Laborer father left him crippled. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 280 pp.

Description: He wears baggy blue pantaloons and a black scarf. He carries a battered hand crossbow and tarnished lance as well. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born in the south. 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. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Lamlis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1600 gp. Banded agate (13 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Zircon (70 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. She has a hunchback. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents enrolled her in a Warlock school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Selfish, Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 gp. Malachite (7 gp). Rose (80 gp). Amethyst (110 gp).