Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She is an epitome of beauty. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Vonana speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She takes great joy in being the best Painter in town.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Painter for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her white hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Brakka will drive conversation. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'4" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears professional attire. She has moderate length orange fur. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Smoking was born with her mother's beautiful face. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a brown shirt with thin pastel vertical stripes and tan pants. Her hair is short and black. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Elizabeth enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Elizabeth was born on a far eastern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Tanner. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Tanner for the past few years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to be a knight again

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 3200 gp. Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp).

Description: Standing 4'8", this woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her face is scarred and worn.

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 loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brass crest. She wears an entirely black suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She has a hunchback. Her brass crest is thinning but still full. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. This red eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when he was still a young child. The gnolls captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This eastern man wears a green collared shirt and white pants. He accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His clothes are grease stained in places. His long bronze crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Trynnicus 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. During his travels, Trynnicus and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Trynnicus discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Trynnicus fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 5'2". He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and his gloved hand is found clutching a mace. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are green.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and he has a crush on the local sage

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Religious, Has a crush. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Banded mail.