Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a white small hat and white clothes. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His first spouse was a Farmer, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 3000 gp. Hematite (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Mortician arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1000 sp. Alexandrite (300 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Hematite (8 gp).

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She carries a battered sickle and tarnished axe as well. Her bronze crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. This gold eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Daar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Detective

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

Possessions: 11000 gp. Obsidian (12 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Black pearl (600 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears dark leathers with embroidery, and is pretty ugly. Her silver crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Driindar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Driindar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 350 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Healer born in the past three hundred years. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

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. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. During her travels, Yevelda and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Yevelda discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Yevelda fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a green coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. His red hair is still thick. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. Purson enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Secretive, Hedonist, Disease. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 8000 sp. Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. Her scarlet crest is still thick. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 4 Acid flasks. 3 Holy water. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a scimitar, but if one is not available she will default to her bastard sword. Her brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Vonana wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Warlock, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Vonana has worked very hard to control her curse. After a long history of fighting, Vonana and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is light but she possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. Her red hair is heavily combed to the left. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. A freak accident while working with her Sculptor father left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she's in love

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.