Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

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. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Lidda 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 Lidda. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a fancy brown dress. Her fur is short and cinnamon. She has a dull look in her copper eyes.

Personality: Gale wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Fighter, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... 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: Gale was born with her father's beautiful face. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand her business

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light yellow in addition to tight pants. He has no hair. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is greedy; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her head has been shaved. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Avelina hails from a village terrorized by illithids. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp. Red garnet (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His black hair is still thick. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Dûgza fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Opinionated, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Poor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 15000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He prefers to wear flannel. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 38000 sp. Banded agate (6 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). 1 Disguise kit. 1 Backpack.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'1". He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His hair is black and curly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He takes great joy in being the best Mayor in town.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He sports a flattop hair cut. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Theriatis hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He refers to his adoptive father 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: Theriatis was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Bard, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Bard in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She has silver hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Volen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

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

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1000 gp. Violet garnet (200 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Full Plate.