Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 2'9" when asserting herself. Her chestnut hair is lengthy. Her ears are large.

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 is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Shy, Disease. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 10000 sp.

Description: He wears tan trousers with green and violet striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His silver hair is thinning but still full. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

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. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly scythes and morningstars. She has no hair. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Kansif 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 Kansif. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears skinny pants and wears a brown and white robe with the hood down. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Cartwright arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. 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: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1200 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering her clean studded leather. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length black hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Apothecary. She struck the Apothecary job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and further expansion of business

Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Buckler.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has shaved her head bald. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Orla was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Orla decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 500 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a rapier on her belt. She has shaved her head bald. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Nagrette liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. 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. Nagrette fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Logical. Bonds: Slave, Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His black hair is knotted and matted. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Fivin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Fivin never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. Citrine (70 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 5'0". She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, and her gloved hand is found clutching a trident. Her black hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and regain custody of her daughter

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Enemies, Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1400 sp.