Description: She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has styled her black hair well, parting it to the right. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 2400 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born in the west. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Server

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

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 will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the north were limited. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Grom never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Persistence, Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Good lock.

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 professional attire. She has wavy orange fur. She has a dull look in her yellow eyes.

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 is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Born in the west to a Dyer, Smoking learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A gifted student she started as a Weaver, but she got bored and became a Dyer. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Dyer for the past few years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and balancing her hectic life and new dyer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Dyer

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

Possessions: 16000 cp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His hair is short and chestnut. His silver eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Morthos 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 loving parents in a slum to the south. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This eastern woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has wavy brown hair. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a simple green robe with grey stripes complete with hood. His bronze crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Sard (70 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 6'2", this man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His crest, while still mostly blue, has prominent grey streaks. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He got into the Guard business at a young age. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He tends to his Guard job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Guard

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

Possessions: 16000 sp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Amber (150 gp). Jade (150 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp).

Description: An older woman who dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with white slacks, she is not a threatening figure. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born in a small island village. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 120 gp.