Description: This northern woman wears baggy green pantaloons and a white scarf. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: Markosian lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Markosian was born on a far northern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Fisher. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

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

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 2100 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Priest. His hair is silver and curly. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born in the north to a Priest, Thervan learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and revenge

Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, In love. Occupation: Priest

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'8". She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Bather business.

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 father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 300 gp. Bloodstone (60 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with black slacks. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Tomph was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. She dropped out of school to support her sick mother, and resented it. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Server

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

Possessions: 50 pp. Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). 1 Crowbar. 1 Good lock. 1 Superior lock. 1 Spyglass.

Description: She prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts. She has dyed her greying beige fur a little too much giving a sharp beige color. Her eyes are a pleasant copper.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 27. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Emerald is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Emerald lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 800 pp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp).

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she's in love

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 500 gp. Malachite (16 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears just a black suit. Her chestnut hair is cut short. Her ears are large.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Shautha will drive conversation. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born into a rich family. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and money/treasure

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. He carries a battered falchion and tarnished whip as well. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Thomas fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He wears his blonde hair up. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dwarven companion (his 'brother'). He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.