Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. He has wavy purple hair. His black eyes peer out from beneath his top black hat.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born in the west to a Baker, Ekemon learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Crown-heir they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Baker, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Family, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She wears a colorful flower in her white crest. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Baker arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains 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 mountains due to the painful memories there. Akra took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up bow and armor she uses now. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 3000 gp. Carnelian (50 gp). Rose (50 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Sard (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is wearing a long, green cloak, and she perpetually has her axe ready. She has dyed her greying bronze crest a little too much giving a sharp bronze color. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Hillanot was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Hillanot decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1300 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on her left hand. Her hair is golden and very short. Her half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Star rose quartz (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Citrine (40 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He likes to wear black tank tops with tan pants. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. 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: Cressel was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Slave, Guardian, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic, Racist. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears an entirely pastel suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length lavender fur. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 63. 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 believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. 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. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Drifting was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Slave, Debt. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. She is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around her ears. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: Menny is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Menny never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Nature, In love. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. Her red hair is braided into rings. She has green eyes and a tan hat with a black feather.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Vaina was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Miner work with an outfit from a few towns over. Miner work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.