Description: This younger middle-aged man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Herbalist, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His hair is dark red and very short. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: In love, Rich, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 60000 cp. Azurite (12 gp).

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has a very tight haircut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Bookbinder for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 15000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her white crest is knotted and matted. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Havilar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He tends to wear a large grey jacket, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'5" when asserting himself. He has no hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Baern is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: He is a Chromatic Dragon in disguise. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Ruler they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Cartwright, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She is a Slaad in disguise. Rinn abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature longbow.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears tattered old clothes. She has a long auburn ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has gray eyes and a blue hat with a green feather.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. 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, Mialee is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His crest is silver and curly. His eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He comes from a rich western family. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Laborer and was forced into it by his family; and balancing his hectic life and new laborer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She found a children's book about a Half-Orc Sorcerer 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 is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1000 gp. Iolite (70 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His hair is short and blonde. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bellfounder hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.