Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her white crest is still thick. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has dyed her greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is renowned for her bright grey dresses and hats. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

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 is obsessed with her god.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. When Jacoba reached her early adolescence her Human father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, Military, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 130 gp. Sard (50 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during and is in decent physical shape. He has wavy silver hair. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He got into the Fortune-teller business at a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Fortune-teller. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Adventurer, In love, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 400 gp. Zircon (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has shaved her head bald. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when she was still a young child. The dire rats captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She's in love; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Hedonist, Insane. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp. Azurite (15 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has silver hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his violet robe. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his shortbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. His yellow fur is braided into rings. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Skirt was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Elven people; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 13000 sp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp).

Description: He wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His violet leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. He carries with him a set of sickles on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His crest is black and curly. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Fax was born with his mother's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her longbow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Seamstress

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

Possessions: 20 gp.