Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She tends to wear a large grey jacket. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. 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: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Sage they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Slave Trader, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Debt, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 4000 gp. Gold music box (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Silver ewer (60 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (60 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (60 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants, marred by sweets. Her black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She is baby faced.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Birel was born on a far southern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Carpenter. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 8000 gp. Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Rose (30 gp). Black pearl (600 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He prefers to wear flannel. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He hates goblins. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Anselm grew up listening to his father's many stories. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Rich, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears just a white suit, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Emotional. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 4000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and is pretty ugly. His brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 900 pp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears baggy violet pantaloons and a black scarf. His brown hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

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 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: Gerald hails from a village terrorized by orcs. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He is greedy; and many orcs want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 900 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Silver ewer (90 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (90 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Gold and ruby ring (6000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep red leather and dull violet iron scale mail. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 6000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (70 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (80 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.