Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her bow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her auburn hair is still thick. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Ella wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Paladin, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... The war was a terrible time for her, and Ella does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Ella was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insomniac, Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears baggy black pantaloons and a grey scarf. She has no hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. After a long history of fighting, Kallista and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 gp. Iolite (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears a brown shirt, with a green mid length shorts with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her black eyes.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1300 gp.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has dyed his greying black fur a little too much giving a sharp black color. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. After coming to the age of reason, Cask took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 220 pp. Malachite (4 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his pastel robe. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: 5'3" and muscular, this southern man wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a shield on his belt. He has no hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a Soapmaker first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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 got into the Soapmaker business at a young age. His childhood dream was to be a Glassblower, but he was a colossal failure. He has worked as a Soapmaker like his mother before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Soapmaker responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 100 pp. Jade (160 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp).

Description: She typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Ovina isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Sculptor business.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Sculptor. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1 Good lock.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Fisher profession.

History: Born in the north to a Carpenter, Virra learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A gifted student she started as a Fisher, but she got bored and became a Carpenter. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new carpenter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Emotional. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.