Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her white robe. Her white hair is well kept. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her blonde hair is cut short. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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 spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She worked as a nervous Courier and found it very stressful. She tends to her Courier job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Courier responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 60 pp. Chrysoprase (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Amber (60 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Jet (60 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Frug was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Sensitive, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Elaim wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Druid, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. 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 ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Roofer for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, In love, Job, Slave. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 700 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and yellow handkerchief worn on his left side. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has worked as a Banker like his mother before him.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has a hunchback. He keeps his blonde hair in a pixie cut. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He bought a hammer and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: In love, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 110 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her red fur is long and unkept. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born in a small plains village. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Guardian, In love, Nature. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears bulky brown painted plate armor. He keeps his cinnamon fur in a pixie cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Beast enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. 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 drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sword.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 9000 sp.