Description: This woman typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her left hand. Her hair is white and curly. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Map Maker business.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1200 sp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp).

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and tends to wear a large grey jacket. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her white hair is braided into rings. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Dagnal speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 60 gp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She hates Elves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born in the east. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the east were limited. 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: Money/treasure; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel, and carries bastard swords. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Tiefling culture. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hirrathak fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 3200 sp.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a grey collared shirt and green pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A freak accident while working with his Carter father left him crippled. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: In love, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'11". He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Erdan was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and money/treasure

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, In love. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'4" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple pastel line shooting up and back down. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Fortune-teller. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. 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: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and balancing her hectic life and new fortune-teller responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a white vest and prefers brown and grey shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down and is in decent physical shape. She has moderate length black hair. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light violet in addition to tight pants. She carries with her a set of kukris, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her golden hair is lengthy. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Sumnes is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Soapmaker arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She became a Soapmaker soon after.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 700 sp.