Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His tied-back hair is brown. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Alston alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is dressed in an above average manner. His blonde hair is still thick. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Scribe profession.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Halfling companion (his 'brother'). He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has shaved her head bald. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is her passion; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Holy water.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'1". 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. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tiefling artifacts is her passion.

Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Religious, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears bulky blue painted plate armor. He carries a battered crossbow and tarnished hammer as well. His hair is chestnut and curly. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Pog was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Through the years after Pog was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Pog's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1500 sp. Silver pearl (140 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp).

Description: She wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. She carries with her a set of hand crossbows on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. Sporting a blonde mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Nella was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has worked as a Stylist like her father before her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new stylist responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 90 gp. Lapis lazuli (13 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is wearing a long, blue cloak. Her blonde hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She got into the Marshal business at a young age. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and is pretty ugly. With wild silver hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 50 gp.