Description: A moderately attractive woman, she dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with black slacks. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Portia wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Bard, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: Standing 6'1", this man prefers to wear flannel. His crest is cut close to his head. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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 now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Greedy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. Her gold crest is heavily combed to the left. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. When Mijira reached her early adolescence her Dragonborn mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: He is renowned for his bright blue suits and hats. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, In love, Has a crush. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 2200 sp.

Description: She stands about 6'1" and wears long strands of aquamarine and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She keeps her long silver crest kept up in a rat tail. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She hates Dragonborns with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. 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: She is a Hag in disguise. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. White opal (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: This woman wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her left hand. Her fur is brown and curly. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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 takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Shivering hails from a village terrorized by brigands. 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 Body Guard. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and is dressed in earthy colors with a red and grey handkerchief worn on her right side. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is a great chef.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Herbalist arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his left hand. His orange fur is smooth and relatively long. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He became a Glassblower soon after.

Motivation: To be a Slave Trader again; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Gruff and masculine

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

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His crest is short and bronze. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. While he appears to be a normal Dragonborn, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.