Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a white shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and blue pants. Her chestnut hair is wavy and long. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Vola grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Layabout work with an outfit from a few towns over. Layabout work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Opinionated, Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'11". He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed violet hat.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Mundane, Greedy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sore throat, cough

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

Description: This northern woman wears a white vest and prefers tan and grey shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Hrathy 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. A freak accident while working with her Dilettante father left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To end her boredom.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull tan iron scale mail. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: His druidic 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 remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Good lock.

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. While she appears to be a normal Dragonborn, 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a tan shirt, with a blue mid length skirt with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her head has been shaved. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Silver pearl (60 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Hematite (7 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears just a grey suit. He has a very tight haircut. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Nalral abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nalral fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a worn and beaten armor and is in decent physical shape. Her crest is short and brass. Her eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. 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, Nala is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She got into the Assassin business at a young age. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She struck the Assassin job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Merchant again; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. Carnelian (80 gp). Jet (40 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her black hair is knotted and matted. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Purah was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.