Description: This tall, slender woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

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 font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 900 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp).

Description: She tends to wear a blue poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, and carries spears. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed blue hat.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

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. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Server work with an outfit from a few towns over. Server work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 4000 gp. Carnelian (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather and is in decent physical shape. He has brown hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Passionate, Persistence. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has a hunchback. Her hair is brown and very short. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Barkeep profession.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She worked as a nervous Healer and found it very stressful. She struck the Healer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 8000 sp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp).

Description: He wears a green cloak and cross-gartered black stockings, and carries hand crossbows. He has styled his bronze crest well, parting it to the left. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He tends to his Mayor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and balancing his hectic life and new mayor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Rich, Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 5000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 80. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. Through the years after Paelias was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Paelias's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her red hair is greasy and uncared for. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when she was still a young child. The dire rats captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 16000 sp. Moonstone (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat, and is pretty ugly. Her crest is green and curly. Her eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 3000 sp. Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Black opal (900 gp).

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her silver hair is braided into rings. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born in a small plains village. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Astaro took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up greatsword and armor she uses now. She bought a greatsword and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1100 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.