Description: This tall, slender woman wears a fancy brown dress. She wears her chestnut hair up. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Joan hails from a village terrorized by brigands. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Joan was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Justice, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Dragonborn, and stands approximately 6'1". She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and her gloved hand is found clutching a shield. Her crest, while still mostly bronze, has prominent grey streaks. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Antrara lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To unite with her sister.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family, Slave. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 2000 sp. Banded agate (6 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He usually wears his green robe and has his mace always slung over his shoulder. His purple hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Zepar is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. To his fellows he 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: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the east. 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 has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Map Maker and is in decent physical shape. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents enrolled him in a Warrior school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1000 pp. 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 is lean but muscular and wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. His scarlet crest is long and unkept. He is baby faced.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His parents were killed by drow in a raid when he was still a young child. The drow captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She is an epitome of beauty. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. 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 was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has wavy red hair. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away.

Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Shy. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is auburn and very short. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Thorin liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Family, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 280 gp.