Description: She is a mite stocky and wears dull grey sweaters, loose pastel pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed quarterstaff, just in case. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has achieved small success as a Engraver.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 210 gp. Blue quartz (13 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Banded agate (13 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a white tunic with pastel highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around his shoes, he is not a threatening figure. His tied-back hair is chestnut. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nelkin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Military, Rich, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 5'10" and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Locksmith arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Passionate, Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 4000 cp. Peridot (30 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears skinny pants and wears a yellow and violet robe with the hood down. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Chad 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. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 20000 cp.

Description: This malnourished man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has auburn hair. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: The child of a Barkeep, who enjoyed hunting, Aust was taken on many hunting expeditions. At a young age his father died while driving off some dire rats. His mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in bastard sword use. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Poor, Military, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aline fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rich purple corundum (400 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has wavy red hair. He has blue eyes and a tan hat with a black feather.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. 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 son.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Fisher arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: 3'0" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. Her silver hair is well kept. Her hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

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 has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Luthra was born on a far northern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Farmer. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 600 gp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Jasper (80 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a green vest and prefers white and pastel shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He wears his black hair up. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 500 gp. Emerald (600 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate.