Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Cora alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

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

Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Military, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a fancy brown dress. She wears a colorful flower in her black hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'1" and is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His hair is auburn and very short. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Architect but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 2200 sp.

Description: She is wearing a long, yellow cloak. She has slicked back auburn hair. Her green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Expand her business; and doesn't want to be a scribe and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Military, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 3 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Alchemist’s fire. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: An older man who prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts, he is not a threatening figure. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He takes great joy in being the best Doctor in town.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. Lance liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Nature, Military. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 gp. Red spinel (40 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Coral (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her monstrous two handed axe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. Her bronze crest, when down, is lengthy. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Gesrethe embodies much of what other species detest in the Dragonborns. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave 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 forest due to the painful memories there. Gesrethe took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up monstrous two handed axe and armor she uses now. She has worked as a Sailor like her mother before her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a lance, but if one is not available he will default to his longsword. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ekemon grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ekemon. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 10000 cp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'3" and muscular, this southern man is wearing a tight grey one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His hair is cut close to his head. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Religious, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He dresses like a well dressed Herbalist does. He has no crest. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Herbalist. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and balancing his hectic life and new herbalist responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1300 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.