Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'0" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Gardener they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Fletcher, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and green handkerchief worn on her left side. She keeps her golden hair in a flapper bob. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Gnomish companion (her 'brother'). She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Slave, Military, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He carries a battered shield and tarnished longbow as well. His hair is short and brown. He has amber eyes and a grey hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: He hates Dwarves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born in the south to a Mayor, Uraim learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Human activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Human doctor. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, In love. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 140 gp.

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. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Rael was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Rael decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'9". She wears a fancy tan dress. She wears her blonde hair down. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Rinn speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She's also a talented Stableman, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This eastern man wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Pelaios was born on a far eastern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Bowyer. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are silver.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Gifted from a young age, Sekhmet studied abroad. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is dressed in an above average manner. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her skin is flawless and her green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. 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: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Deep green spinel (120 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Târz enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Târz was born with his father's beautiful face. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered east to less war torn lands. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 2500 gp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (30 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (30 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp).