Description: A middle-aged woman, she likes to wear pastel tank tops with brown skirt, and is pretty ugly. Her lavender fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Cask was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Obsidian (12 gp).

Description: 5'0" and muscular, this western woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull grey iron scale mail. Her hair is black and curly. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Kabbarg speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has achieved small success as a Carter.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. His ears are large.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Zaffrab was born on a far northern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Fortune-teller. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to clean up the streets

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 200 gp. Deep green spinel (130 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His brass crest is thinning but still full. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Valorean fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 700 gp. Banded agate (5 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 3'0", this man wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with red colored cloaks and clothing. His auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. 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 son.

History: He was born into a rich family. His first spouse was a Weaver, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Family, Rich, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 30 pp. Golden pearl (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a fancy grey dress. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with her absent mother

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Nature, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 600 sp. Red spinel (150 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a green coat with blue slacks. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Glim was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Fisher. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 600 gp. Black pearl (400 gp). 1 Superior lock. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner, and she perpetually has her spear ready. Her chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Gifted from a young age, Jarana studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Jarana took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Jarana fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1900 sp. 1 Breastplate.