Description: A middle-aged woman, she is typically in her Animal Trainer uniform, and is pretty ugly. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Animal Trainer but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Eloise hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Animal Trainer. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Eloise was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 600 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has no hair. Her amber 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 claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Born in the west to a Laborer, Alain learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Laborer. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Alain fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 4000 gp. Violet garnet (500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp).

Description: She wears long strands of ruby and short pastel dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She is portly but not overly obese. She keeps her long white fur kept up in a rat tail. Her copper eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Shifting's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born in the north. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 3000 gp. Fire opal (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Rose (50 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 12000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His crest is white and curly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Gorbundus hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist, Justice, Fighting. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 9000 gp. White opal (1100 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Jet (110 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Iolite (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a green vest and prefers tan and red shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His crest is cut close to his head. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 9000 gp. Azurite (13 gp). Rose (20 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Amber (90 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Jet (90 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. Her silver eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Butcher born in the past three hundred years. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She got into the Butcher business at a young age. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To be a Barkeep again.

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Jet (100 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Coral (100 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Sard (50 gp).