Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Through the years after Shautha was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Shautha's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: In love, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 310 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1400 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. She is portly but not overly obese. With wild chestnut hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: The child of a Farmer, who enjoyed hunting, Jelenneth was taken on many hunting expeditions. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Has a crush, Criminal record. Occupation: Sculptor

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

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears a yellow vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his yellow boots flare out at the collars. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: Shane lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a blue tunic with tan highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around his shoes. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She usually wears her grey robe and has her pickaxe always slung over her shoulder. She has moderate length brown hair. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her small grey hat.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She takes great joy in being the best Tanner in town.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She has styled her white crest well, parting it to the left. Her red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Joker, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 60 pp. A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Galiena is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Galiena 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. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To protect her home; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Bonds: Nature, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 30 gp.