Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is renowned for her bright tan dresses and hats. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She worked as a nervous Apothecary and found it very stressful. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she's in love

Flaws: Addict, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 2 Holy water.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is light but he possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. He wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a pickaxe, but if one is not available he will default to his shortbow. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Mason born in the past three hundred years. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His childhood dream was to be a Spice Merchant, but he was a colossal failure. He's also a talented Spice Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears long strands of topaz and short pastel dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He wears his orange fur up. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. Sardonyx (30 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat, and is pretty ugly. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. 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: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortbow.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 700 gp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a simple tan robe with blue stripes complete with hood. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Andraste 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. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Crown-heir hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Poor. Occupation: Crown-heir

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

Possessions: 1700 sp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Obsidian (13 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is wearing a long, black cloak. She keeps her chestnut hair in a flapper bob. She has a tattooed face.

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 very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Farmer. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Farmer.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 17000 cp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves 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 necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Orc companion (his 'brother'). He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around her ears. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. 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: 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. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Sailor for hire.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1500 gp. Violet garnet (1500 gp). White opal (700 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. His red fur 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: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Left-Handed lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 3000 gp. Violet garnet (1000 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Canary diamond (4000 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.