Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has no hair. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Artin has worked very hard to control her curse. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Secretive, Insomniac. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears tattered old clothes. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. He has hazel eyes and a tan hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the left. He is baby faced.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: His druidic 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 father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 200 gp. Chalcedony (80 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp).

Description: He has a missing right arm. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Mormo was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. After coming to the age of reason, Mormo took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. After a long history of fighting, Mormo and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nalral 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 Nalral. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She wears a simple red robe with black stripes complete with hood. She has a hunchback. She has brown hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born in a small plains village. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nikki 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 Nikki. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her dagger with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt and is in decent physical shape. She wears her red hair up. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 12. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, 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. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Expand her business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 4000 gp. Black star sapphire (900 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Sard (40 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears bulky white painted plate armor. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Olgoth was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has achieved small success as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to protect his home

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Guardian, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 9000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Amber (80 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Jet (80 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate, and he perpetually has his monstrous two handed axe ready. His blue hair is singed and shortened. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.