Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful, Insane. Bonds: In love, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2000 gp. Gold music box (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He wears his copper crest up. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Nithther was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bather. He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to orcs.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She's also a talented Map Maker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 800 gp. Amethyst (130 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her black hair is long and unkept. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Marastyr grew up listening to her mother's many stories. A freak accident while working with her Gardener mother left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He prefers to wear violet pants and tee shirts. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. 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 daughter.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gerald fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Good lock.

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 black costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. Her white crest is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are likewise red.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in the west to a Crown-heir, Akra learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 gp. Hematite (4 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. Fallond abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Many goblins want him driven away; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Religious, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. 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 remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 900 gp. Obsidian (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.