Description: This woman stands a little under 3'4" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a tan collared shirt and grey skirt. She accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She wears her black hair down. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. 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 Brewer. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and expand her business

Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Job, Religious. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 120 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears an entirely blue suit with yellow socks and a vest with buckled shoes, and is pretty ugly. His golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Performer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Performer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a shepherd again

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A freak accident while working with his Mayor father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 600 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears skinny pants and wears a green and white robe with the hood down. Her crest is short and white. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'2" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. Her long auburn hair reaches down to her waist. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Spice Merchant profession.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Debt. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1900 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She keeps her chestnut hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 10000 cp. Moss agate (8 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She bought a rapier and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 4'9". He usually wears his blue robe and has his dagger always slung over his shoulder, and his gloved hand is found clutching a dagger. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Healer’s kit.