Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Sage. His red hair is lengthy. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Rurik's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Sage arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He worked as a nervous Sage and found it very stressful. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 160 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her bronze crest is knotted and matted. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Shoemaker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Red garnet (60 gp). Amber (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned female wears suspenders and violet workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy violet leather apron most of the time. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has a very tight haircut. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; 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: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 300 gp. Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her long silver hair reaches down to her waist. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 gp. A small bag of saffron. (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears an entirely yellow suit with violet socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She carries with her a set of morningstars, each one with a amber on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. A freak accident while working with her Engraver father left her crippled. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Baelitae fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants revenge against giants; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. 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: Orianna was born with her father's beautiful face. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

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

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Attractive. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His hair is cut close to his head. He is baby faced.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Doctor but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Barakas was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She wears a white shirt, with a green mid length skirt with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She carries with her a set of shields, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 36. 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. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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 guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 90 pp.