Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 12000 gp. Tourmaline (160 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Jacinth (6000 gp). Amber (160 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Jacinth (6000 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her gray fur is smooth and relatively long. Her fierce copper eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the south. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Cask never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, In love. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 7000 gp. Deep green spinel (70 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Jade (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a halberd, but if one is not available he will default to his glaive. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length auburn hair. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. During his travels, Umpen and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Umpen discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Umpen fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1200 pp. Black pearl (1200 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy dark red stubble. She wears an entirely black suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She has a hunchback. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She got into the Shepherd business at a young age. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new shepherd responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 2000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (30 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 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 is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright yellow and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He works hard and plays hard.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 2000 gp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Banded agate (10 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down. His fur is yellow, silky, and of moderate length. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Brewer. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Flask was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To be a Tailor again.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 7000 gp. Bloodstone (30 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Clear bright green emerald (7000 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman usually wears her blue robe and has her crossbow always slung over her shoulder. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

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

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1100 pp. Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.