Description: A 4'0" southern woman, she wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. With bright blonde hair. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and she has a crush on the local glassblower

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist. Bonds: Nature, Debt, Has a crush. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look, and is pretty ugly. Her auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. She has blue eyes and a violet hat with a tan feather.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Thiala will drive conversation. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She became a Spice Merchant soon after.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Golden pearl (90 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

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. He has no crest. His eyes are likewise gold.

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 able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dragonborns became a terror of the countryside. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 140 pp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull grey iron scale mail. He has wavy copper crest. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He got into the Shipwright business at a young age. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Humans. Her skin is dark but she possesses many yellow ritualistic tattoos. She prefers to wear flannel. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Elizabeth was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 500 sp. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Left-Handed was born the youngest of three triplets. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a spear on his belt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'11" when asserting himself. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. 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 the only child of a wealthy merchant. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1600 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'3" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She prefers to wear grey clothing when she does not wear armor. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. 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: Money/treasure; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 600 sp. Silver pearl (120 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a simple black robe with red stripes complete with hood. She has moderate length brass crest. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her red eyes.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born in the north to a Mayor, Pyxrin learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Fearful, Secretive, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 gp.