Description: She stands about 4'10" and wears just a green suit. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Astaro was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. While she appears to be a normal Tiefling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. After a long history of fighting, Astaro and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and revenge

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 16000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 3'0" and muscular, this eastern man wears red leather gloves, a red jacket, and tight pants. His auburn hair is braided into rings. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 500 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has wavy black hair. Her red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She takes great joy in being the best Mortician in town.

History: Pyra lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has achieved small success as a Mortician.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 4000 gp. White pearl (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Jet (40 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Jet (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. His bronze crest is knotted and matted. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Engraver. He tends to his Engraver job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 19000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears a white costume with the symbols of death on his torso, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Spy. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Orc companion (his 'brother'). He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: He's in love; and to settle down with his crush

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 3000 gp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Jade (60 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. His auburn hair is cut short. His ears are large.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Gifted from a young age, Arumawann studied abroad. In his 15th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother 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 was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Disease. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (30 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (30 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (30 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a tan coat over a yellow low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. She has shaved her head bald. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She became a Stableman soon after.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Religious, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 11000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp).