Description: A 6'5" western man, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Masseuse hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature quarterstaff.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 40 gp. Amber (150 gp).

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is dressed in a clean white cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small white clips. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes drow are coming to abduct people. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Volen was born on a far eastern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Navigator. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears just a tan suit. He wears his red hair up. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born in the west. His childhood dream was to be a Shoemaker, but he was a colossal failure. He struck the Armorer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has no hair. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. Her green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. A true patriot, Puyet would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Puyet hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'5" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and to settle down with her crush

Flaws: Disease, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 390 gp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His red hair is lengthy. His eyes are a pleasant black.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. A gifted student he started as a Carter, but he got bored and became a Spice Merchant. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears professional attire. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. Amber (100 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears long strands of ruby and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He uses divination through singing.

History: The child of a Knight, who enjoyed hunting, Qualen was taken on many hunting expeditions. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Just what you see.