Description: 6'6" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His gold crest is knotted and matted. His skin is flawless and his red eyes scan people very quickly.

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 constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Fax was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 4000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. Her hair is brown and very short. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born to a Merchant, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 5000 gp. Moss agate (16 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her crest is scarlet and curly. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her first spouse was a Carpenter, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). Silver ewer (30 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He carries with him a set of clubs on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. His brown hair is matted, messy, and big. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He comes from a rich western family. 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. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To be a Farmer again.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 8000 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She keeps her auburn hair in a flapper bob. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She got into the Gardener business at a young age. Through the years after Adelaide was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Adelaide's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She's also a talented Bounty Hunter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1100 pp. Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Iolite (50 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears pastel robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a shortbow, but if one is not available she will default to her bastard sword. Her fur is cut close to her head. Her copper unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Marshal. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new marshal responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1600 pp. Eye agate (8 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Amber (40 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). White opal (500 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Jade (40 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp).

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears a grey tunic with blue highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Baern is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born in the west. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He bought a scimitar and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and revenge

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 4000 gp. Hematite (9 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.