Description: An older woman who wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), she is not a threatening figure. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 100 gp. Deep green spinel (100 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp).

Description: She has a missing right leg. She wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is tan, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. Her black hair is thinning but still full. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a Apothecary, her father struggled to pay the bills. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Stableman work with an outfit from a few towns over. Stableman work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: To be a Apothecary again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 30 pp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and likes to wear white tank tops with black skirt. Her hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is an amazing painter.

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. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She's also a talented Stableman, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Orc culture. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Ur-Lasu took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up rapier and armor he uses now. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Bullseye lantern. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: She is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. Her dark red hair is heavily combed to the left. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Laborer. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Purah was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Purah was born on a far western forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Laborer. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Laborer.

Motivation: Tabaxi compassion; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Religious, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Silver ewer (20 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp).

Description: This man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His eyes are white and beady.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Stableman work with an outfit from a few towns over. Stableman work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Stableman

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

Possessions: 120 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears a simple blue robe with yellow stripes complete with hood. She is physically well-built. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

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

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 2000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is short and black. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Cook. 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 pair of adventurers, Bucklal grew up listening to his father's many stories. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and 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

Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 2000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly bastard swords and hand crossbows. His hair is red and very short. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Cockaby was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. After a long history of fighting, Cockaby and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and to be a cook again

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Guardian, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp. Jade (90 gp). Jet (90 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). 1 Magnifying glass.