Description: He is lean but muscular and prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. He wears his blonde hair up. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Azgrom was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 9000 gp. Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Azurite (15 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'5" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a whip on her belt. She wears her silver hair down. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Coral (60 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Jade (60 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She stands about 3'2" and wears a white costume with the symbols of her god on her torso. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Cora was born with her mother's beautiful face. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She is content.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver ewer (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a brown costume with the symbols of luck on her torso. She wears a colorful flower in her black fur. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Shoemaker who has hired her part-time. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Shoemaker arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. 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: She has a crush on the local Marshal.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 9000 gp. Aquamarine (300 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Moss agate (9 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is dressed in an above average manner. His blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his top black hat.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Ruler profession.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Sage work with an outfit from a few towns over. Sage work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Expand his business; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Emotional, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1300 pp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (100 gp).

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his lance, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Halander embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 3000 gp. Tourmaline (100 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Onyx (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Unemployed. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length black hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Dyer profession.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1200 pp. 1 Medium magic item.