Description: She typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born to a Miller, her father struggled to pay the bills. A gifted student she started as a Miller, but she got bored and became a Glassblower. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He carries a battered hand crossbow and tarnished spear as well. He has wavy black hair. He has blue eyes and a blue hat with a white feather.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the south. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with tan slacks. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. Herleva enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Herleva was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. After coming to the age of reason, Herleva took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 800 sp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 4'10". She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head, and her gloved hand is found clutching a scythe. Her red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. 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 a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. 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 Dyer. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Dyer.

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

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 110 gp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp). 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: This woman wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She comes from a rich southern family. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Finellen took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up quarterstaff and armor she uses now. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Finellen fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: 4'3" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair is brown and curly. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Passionate, Joker. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he prefers to wear flannel. He wears his blonde hair down. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson black hat.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. 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 then took over the family business and is one of the better Brewer for hire.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and expand his business

Flaws: Depressed, Insomniac. Bonds: Military, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: He wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. A true patriot, Tomi would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He got into the Merchant business at a young age. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He became a Merchant soon after.

Motivation: He's in love; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his bastard sword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has wavy auburn hair. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a great chef.

History: He was born in a small plains village. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 150 gp.