Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His white hair is braided into rings. His ears are large.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Altho 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 Altho. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born in the east. 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 to get laid; and he's attracted to the pc

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He keeps his long cinnamon fur kept up in a rat tail. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He got into the Armorer business at a young age. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Armorer.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. She wears a worn and beaten armor. She has a hunchback. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 3100 gp. Jasper (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Amber (90 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Citrine (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her red hair is braided into rings. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Eldeth was born with her mother's beautiful face. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has worked as a Scribe like her mother before her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears a black collared shirt and green pants. He accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Through the years after Krimp was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Krimp's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has wavy black hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. The family's rival house kidnapped her sister with the intent that her sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and doesn't want to be a farmer and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 15000 cp.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull black iron scale mail. She is physically well-built. She has slicked back white hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Valanthe was born with her father's beautiful face. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tiefling companion (her 'brother'). She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and obtaining odd cultural tiefling artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She prefers to wear flannel. Her hair is short and red. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Kasdeya hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Kasdeya lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She dropped out of school to support her sick father, and resented it. Now she works as a writing tutor during her time off.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 4000 gp. Red garnet (50 gp).