Description: This malnourished man wears a yellow vest and prefers red and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair is blonde and curly. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. In his 17th 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 recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 7000 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp). Silver ewer (10 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 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.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Grûblik enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Grûblik was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and balancing his hectic life and new herbalist responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist, Impulsive. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 900 pp. Moonstone (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Amber (150 gp). Rose (40 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. His skin is dark but he possesses many red ritualistic tattoos. He wears a simple yellow robe with red stripes complete with hood. He has a very tight haircut. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 10000 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is dressed in earthy colors with a black and pastel handkerchief worn on her right side. Her chestnut hair is long and unkept. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Yevelda hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She worked as a nervous Assassin and found it very stressful. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Black pearl (1200 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Coral (40 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Sard (20 gp). Onyx (20 gp). White pearl (40 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.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her fur is cinnamon and curly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born in the south. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 6000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears just a black suit. Her white crest is matted, messy, and big. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing painting.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Server

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 2000 gp. Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Azurite (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman is renowned for her bright white dresses and hats. Her hair is silver and curly. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she wants revenge against brigands

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Forgetful, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).