Description: A middle-aged woman, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, and is pretty ugly. Her white hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gold.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Makaria was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Makaria fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing a long, yellow cloak. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. He worked as a nervous Roofer and found it very stressful. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Roofer.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Seamstress; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 80 gp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has moderate length rusty crest. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gold eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

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 went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 500 sp. Amber (50 gp).

Description: Standing 5'6", this man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His long blue hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born to a Dilettante, his father struggled to pay the bills. Balam was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Balam decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

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

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has shaved her head bald. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. Audhild liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Shoemaker for hire.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and expand her business

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: This man dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with yellow slacks. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His crest is short and silver. His eyes are gold.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Chrysoprase (60 gp).

Description: She wears dull blue sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed ceremonial dagger, just in case. Her hair is golden and very short. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Panana grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She wears a blue vest and prefers grey and red shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Ridaro was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Persistence, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She is portly but not overly obese. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. 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: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. 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 west. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Just what you see.