Description: This tall, slender woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Helen lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, brigands burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying west to reunite her family. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and many brigands want her driven away

Bonds: Attractive, Family, Has a crush, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 400 sp.

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 tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She wears her auburn hair down. She is baby faced.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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. Agnes fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a blue shirt with thin black vertical stripes and blue pants. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: 5'9" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her blue 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. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her childhood dream was to be a Tailor, but she was a colossal failure. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Tailor. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Nature, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 sp. Chrysoberyl (140 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: She wears professional attire. She carries a battered warhammer and tarnished crossbow as well. Her rusty crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Vezera fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She is physically well-built. Her white fur has been sun bleached extensively. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Poor, Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 320 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her lance, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. Her bronze crest is knotted and matted. Her eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dragonborns became a terror of the countryside. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1 Superior lock.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he tends to wear a large black jacket. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Mamnen was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Mamnen decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Server kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and a strong sense of loyalty to dragonborn people

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 700 sp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (40 gp). 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Alex 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 Alex. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Baker responsibilities is difficult; and expand his business

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.