Description: This woman stands a little under 5'1" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. Her white hair is knotted and matted. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Vaina is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Glassblower they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Laborer, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He wears his chestnut hair down. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born in the east. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Ploughman. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears a red vest and prefers yellow and grey shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Bucklal lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Insane. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

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: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Vanuath fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her first spouse was a Marshal, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

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

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Carnelian (70 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is dressed in an above average manner. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: The child of a Mayor, who enjoyed hunting, Thakrak was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has achieved small success as a Doctor.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'3" when asserting herself. Her red crest is knotted and matted. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Hillanot 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 Hillanot. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has brown eyes and a black hat with a green feather.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Orcs in Thar's homeland. Thar decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His copper eyes peer out from beneath his small brown hat.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. River enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He worked as a nervous Crown-heir and found it very stressful. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Crown-heir responsibilities is difficult; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.