Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, and carries kukris. Her brown hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Tordrid wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Druid, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... Tordrid enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 4000 gp. Banded agate (5 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Rose (70 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'8" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She wears her dark red hair up. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her parents enrolled her in a Warrior school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record, Military, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He wears a yellow shirt with thin pastel vertical stripes and brown pants. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born in the south. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his hand crossbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. This red eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy purple stubble. He dresses like a well dressed Spice Merchant does. He has a hunchback. He has dyed his greying purple hair a little too much giving a sharp purple color. He has gleaming, smiling silver eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Spice Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Spice Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: He's in love.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1000 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (160 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Silver ewer (30 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He stands about 5'1" and wears skinny pants and wears a yellow and brown robe with the hood down. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He has no hair. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born in a small forest village. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 100 pp. Malachite (9 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Malachite (9 gp). 1 Banded mail. 1 Full Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a shield, but if one is not available she will default to her longbow. Her red hair is well kept. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Nissa was born with her father's beautiful face. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has worked as a Gardener like her father before her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Attractive. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He wears a fancy blue suit, and he perpetually has his shield ready. Sporting a golden mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

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 a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Naal grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Naal. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1200 gp. Pink pearl (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Rose (70 gp). Eye agate (9 gp).

Description: 5'11" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has wavy chestnut hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: Born in the east to a Shepherd, Emmeline learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She 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. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 sp.