Description: This tall, slender woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her crest is rusty, silky, and of moderate length. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with singing. She constantly tries to fill her life with singing. 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 was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. Her fur is short and cinnamon. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Windy lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She got into the Weaver business at a young age. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a mason again

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 200 gp. Peridot (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp).

Description: He wears an entirely brown suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His red fur is matted, messy, and big. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Shepherd born in the past three hundred years. He takes great joy in being the best Shepherd in town.

History: He was born into a rich family. His childhood dream was to be a Mason, but he was a colossal failure. He bought a sword and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: 4'3" and muscular, this eastern man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: The child of a Engraver, who enjoyed hunting, Ulfgar was taken on many hunting expeditions. 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 bought a glaive and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 200 pp. Red garnet (40 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears dull tan sweaters, loose red pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed scimitar, just in case. Her hair is black and curly. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Slave, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 200 gp. Sard (50 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. She is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around her ears. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

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. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: 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; and she is content

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 60 pp. Iolite (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. He carries a battered warhammer and tarnished axe as well. He has brass crest. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born in a small island village. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. After a long history of fighting, Ghesh and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Slave. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He wears his black hair down. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Stableman arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Stableman.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1000 gp.