Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a tan small hat and tan clothes. Her black hair is lengthy. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She very much looks the part of a Barkeep. Her black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Job, In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has a very tight haircut. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has achieved small success as a Masseuse.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has no hair. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy, Insomniac. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and violet, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Weaver who has hired her part-time. 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: Ootah was born with her mother's beautiful face. One day when Ootah was young, her mother was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly her mother dropped to the ground dead. Her mother had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Ootah was heart-stricken from the event, and her father started working long hours to provde for them. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and wants her loneliness to end

Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: 3'2" and muscular, this eastern man wears a tan vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his tan boots flare out at the collars. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Through the years after Orryn was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Orryn's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 290 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp).

Description: This woman likes to wear blue tank tops with violet skirt. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her right hand. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Carpenter arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. 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: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a carpenter and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1 Good lock.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His bronze crest is long and unkept. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dragonborns.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Sethrekar took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Adelaide is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. After coming to the age of reason, Adelaide took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to protect her home

Ideals: Optimist, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 300 sp. Golden yellow topaz (200 gp).