Description: This woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her top grey hat.

Personality: Nurkara hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

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. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Nurkara was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: She wants revenge against brigands; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. White opal (900 gp). Jade (100 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.

Description: This man wears bulky red painted plate armor, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Painter arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Aquamarine (300 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She keeps her chestnut hair in a pixie cut. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. 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: She was born in the south. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. After a long history of fighting, Grai and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 900 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. She wears baggy grey pantaloons and a white scarf. She has a hunchback. She has a very tight haircut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She got into the Shepherd business at a young age. While she appears to be a normal Dwarf, 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. She has achieved small success as a Shepherd.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shepherd

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

Possessions: 4000 gp. Smoky quartz (50 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears violet robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a halberd, but if one is not available she will default to her bastard sword. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. After coming to the age of reason, Maiathah took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Shipwright; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 4000 gp. Hematite (10 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Amber (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a tan vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her tan boots flare out at the collars. Her golden hair is lengthy. She has green eyes.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Silaqui was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Druid, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Druid in service of a powerful lord somewhere. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sword.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black pearl (800 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Sard (40 gp). Malachite (5 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is dressed in a clean yellow cloak covering her clean studded leather. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Fearful, Secretive. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (80 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.