Description: This late middle aged woman wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a monstrous two handed axe, but if one is not available she will default to her longbow and is in decent physical shape. Her head has been shaved. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. Her hair is black and curly. Her ears are large.

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. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Mason business.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Through the years after Rieta was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Rieta's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is greedy

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears long strands of topaz and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Bertram grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Bertram. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 20 gp. Obsidian (4 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is lean but muscular and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has gleaming, smiling violet 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 keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Slave. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 sp. Lapis lazuli (4 gp).

Description: She likes to wear brown tank tops with green skirt. Her chestnut hair is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Barrister arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Humans in Ida's homeland. Ida decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 340 gp. Amber (130 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This younger middle-aged man typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Gifted from a young age, Spring studied abroad. His childhood dream was to be a Tailor, but he was a colossal failure. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is renowned for his bright violet suits and hats. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He found a children's book about a Half-Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and carries ceremonial daggers. She keeps her brown hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with her Barkeep mother left her crippled. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mardred fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He is typically in his Mason uniform, and carries whips. His silver hair is lengthy. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has achieved small success as a Mason.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 110 pp.