Description: Standing 4'11", this woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. She has purple hair. She is baby faced.

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

History: She got into the Soapmaker business at a young age. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Soapmaker work with an outfit from a few towns over. Soapmaker work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 3'4" and is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. He has no hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He has worked as a Miller like his father before him.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Miller

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 300 gp. Carnelian (30 gp).

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. Her chestnut hair is cut short. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Map Maker work with an outfit from a few towns over. Map Maker work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and balancing her hectic life and new map maker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 370 pp. Aquamarine (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Mortician. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He is baby faced.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. After a long history of fighting, Broce and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man has the majority of his body covered in plate, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His long black fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Mayor arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Greedy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1500 gp. Obsidian (8 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Amber (100 gp). Banded agate (8 gp).

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and is wearing a long, violet cloak. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

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: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Amber (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His eyes are gold.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. A freak accident while working with his Fletcher mother left him crippled. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand his business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Black pearl (1000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He wears his brown hair down. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He found a children's book about a Human Expert who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and many goblins want him driven away

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. With bright blonde hair. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She uses divination through singing.

History: Anne was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She found a children's book about a Halfling Monk who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has worked as a Slave Trader like her father before her.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 900 gp. Carnelian (70 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.