Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. Her red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Mardred was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She struck the Banker job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 3000 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears bulky pastel painted plate armor. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: River 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. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 5000 sp. Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Malachite (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her hair is long and auburn with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small tan clips. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Mardnab was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Iolite (30 gp).

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Shava lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Revenge; and doesn't want to be a armorer and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the west. His first spouse was a Animal Trainer, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. 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: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He married young, but lost his spouse to dire rats. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Nykkan was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 600 gp. Moss agate (12 gp). Malachite (12 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears an entirely blue suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She sports silver long hair. Her green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has dedicated herself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she has a large pastel mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her tan robe. Her white fur is knotted and matted. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Lone 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 Lone. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light red in addition to tight pants. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her long golden hair reaches down to her waist. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her broad red hat.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born in the east. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Red spinel (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.