Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a black shirt with thin red vertical stripes and white pants. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are likewise white.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Mastema was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his left hand. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her silver hair is long and unkept. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 600 sp. Golden pearl (160 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his grey robe. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it. He carries a battered greataxe and tarnished whip as well. His hair is golden and very short. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Mason who has hired him part-time. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's in love

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Military. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Cartwright born in the past three hundred years. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born in a small forest village. 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 east. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 70 gp. Banded agate (4 gp).

Description: He stands about 4'5" and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Elaim will drive conversation. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Elaim was born with his father's beautiful face. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. She has a very tight haircut. She tend to wears goggles to shield her 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 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: Kristryd was born the youngest of three triplets. 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. 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: Wants to raise her children well; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a simple grey robe with brown stripes complete with hood. Her silver hair is greasy and uncared for. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. 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 son.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She dropped out of school to support her sick father, and resented it. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 40 gp.