Description: He stands about 6'3" and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His purple hair is braided into rings. His silver eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Valafar took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up greataxe and armor he uses now. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and many brigands want him driven away

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is dressed in earthy colors with a black and violet handkerchief worn on his left side. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A gifted student he started as a Mortician, but he got bored and became a Server. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Server for the past few years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Greedy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Debt. Occupation: Server

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He is portly but not overly obese. He has shaved his head bald. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp).

Description: This eastern man wears tattered old clothes. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

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. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Dean was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp).

Description: An older woman who is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, she is not a threatening figure. She has dyed her greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the south. After coming to the age of reason, Prosperine took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 360 gp. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: This man dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. His green eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker brown hat.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Shepherd they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Locksmith, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and doesn't want to be a locksmith and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Sard (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on her left hand. She keeps her long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. 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 west. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 10 pp. Silver pearl (100 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born in the north to a Bellfounder, Sarah learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Bellfounder. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Selfish, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 16000 sp. Red spinel (80 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She prefers to wear pastel clothing when she does not wear armor. She has no fur. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She is a Masseuse first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Military, Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 2500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.