Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she dresses like a well dressed Spice Merchant does. She sports a flattop hair cut. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Manea enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: The child of a Adventurer, who enjoyed hunting, Manea was taken on many hunting expeditions. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. She struck the Spice Merchant job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A 5'4" eastern man, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 70. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 110 gp. Amber (40 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears red robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a scimitar, but if one is not available she will default to her greataxe. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Born in the south to a Stylist, Nora learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Stylist for the past few years.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Debt. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 70 gp. Azurite (16 gp).

Description: Standing 3'5", this woman wears dull tan sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed greatsword, just in case. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Cumpen was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, 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 Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 60 gp. Carnelian (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 2300 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a black shirt, with a blue mid length skirt with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are likewise silver.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Tailor. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 230 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she's in love

Ideals: Opinionated, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 80 gp. Jasper (20 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he tends to wear a large yellow jacket. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Theriatis abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Bookbinder they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Hunter, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Just what you see.