Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and red handkerchief worn on her left side. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her bastard sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. She keeps her blonde hair in a pixie cut. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker blue hat.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane, PTSD. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Iolite (50 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His lavender fur is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 3000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp).

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears yellow leather gloves, a yellow jacket, and tight pants. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. A friendly and beautiful Half-Elf, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Weaver for hire.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a white shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and red pants. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a Bather first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bather arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His violet leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His ears are large.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He's in love.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 300 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp). Gold and ruby ring (4000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 4000 cp. Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp).

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears brown trousers with black and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are blue.

Personality: Taklinn wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Warlock, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Taklinn was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 9 years.

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

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

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

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a red cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. She has slicked back chestnut hair. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her parents enrolled her in a Warrior school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has a missing left arm. She wears a black costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Nogu hails from a village terrorized by drow. At a young age her mother died while driving off some drow. Her father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in mace use. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by drow. Nogu was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow.

Ideals: Passionate, Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 20 gp.