Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She got into the Butcher business at a young age. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Job, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Jade (40 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is black and curly. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. 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 son.

History: Eberdeb lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 2000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She carries a battered pickaxe and tarnished bow as well. Her red hair is singed and shortened. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: Mella hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it; and many orcs want her driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (10000 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 (40 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp).

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a black and pastel handkerchief worn on her right side. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her purple hair is smooth and relatively long. She has silver eyes.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Shava's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. Shava is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Shava hails from a village terrorized by drow. A freak accident while working with her Bowyer mother left her crippled. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing pastel cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. His long cinnamon fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a Mortician first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has worked as a Mortician like his father before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 4000 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a black cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. His crest is scarlet, silky, and of moderate length. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Zedaar has worked very hard to control his curse. He has achieved small success as a Blacksmith.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a shoemaker again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 6000 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).

Description: He wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He wears a colorful flower in his white crest. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Mortician but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Gifted from a young age, Tarhun studied abroad. 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 has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1100 pp. Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Silver ewer (30 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.