Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a white coat. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature flail.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, In love. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 7000 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he tends to wear a violet poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has no hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Bertram 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 now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

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

Possessions: 3000 gp. Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Rose (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Rose (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. Her hair is red and very short. She is baby faced.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 pp. Silver ewer (30 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (30 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (30 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (30 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. Her crest is silver and very short. Her gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She bought a shortspear and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 5000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (80 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears just a pastel suit. He has orange fur. His eyes are likewise copper. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He takes great joy in being the best Dilettante in town.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 700 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (80 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a shield on his belt. His fur is red, silky, and of moderate length. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Cloud fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 800 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Jet (130 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: Volen is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born to a Detective, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her childhood dream was to be a Detective, but she was a colossal failure. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Priest.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand her business

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 pp. 1 Medium magic item.