Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is dressed in an above average manner. She has silver hair. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is a great chef.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is content

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 gp. Eye agate (12 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Fire opal (900 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a black collared shirt and white skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is dark red and very short. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing painting.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Lerissa never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: In love, Mentor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 5000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman usually wears her black robe and has her bastard sword always slung over her shoulder. Her scarlet crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

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. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: The child of a Courier, who enjoyed hunting, Buvvie was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To be a Courier again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 3000 cp. Jasper (40 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears bulky tan painted plate armor, she is not a threatening figure. Her red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Andraste embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Logical, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears skinny pants and wears a tan and brown robe with the hood down. She has a long auburn ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Bather

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 16000 cp.

Description: He wears a simple green robe with black stripes complete with hood. He is physically well-built. His scarlet crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Slave Trader profession.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. His childhood dream was to be a Slave Trader, but he was a colossal failure. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor, In love. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 500 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.