Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. Her black hair is braided into rings. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her hand crossbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length brass crest. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. A freak accident while working with her Bookbinder father left her crippled. After a long history of fighting, Arava and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He dresses like a well dressed Tanner does. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise red.

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 is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born in a small forest village. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. He tends to his Tanner job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Cynical, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a fancy tan dress. Her black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the south. 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 Spice Merchant. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: To be a Spy again; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He wears a yellow vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his yellow boots flare out at the collars. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. 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: To protect his home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Crown-heir

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

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'3" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She has wavy white hair. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Sumnes enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Disease, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 10 pp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). 4 Antitoxin.

Description: 6'8" and muscular, this northern woman very much looks the part of a Painter. Her blue crest is knotted and matted. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Megren was born with her mother's beautiful face. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Painter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Painter work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She became a Painter soon after.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Attractive. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears skinny pants and wears a tan and blue robe with the hood down. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to unite with his sister

Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 90 gp. Hematite (13 gp).

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and carries greataxes. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Andram isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Tiefling unity. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Healer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 140 gp.