Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. 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 father raised her in a mountain cabin. 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 struck the Priest job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Nature, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 28000 cp. Bloodstone (20 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly hand crossbows and sickles. His golden hair is cut short. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Dûgz was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (60 gp).

Description: 6'4" and muscular, this northern woman wears professional attire. Her hair is silver and curly. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull blue iron scale mail, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Unemployed hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Malmûg never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: In love, Mentor, Poor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 250 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is dark but she possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Gifted from a young age, Roywyn studied abroad. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 300 gp. Amber (70 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). 2 Smokesticks.

Description: She is in excellent shape and tends to wear a blue poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has dyed her greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Callybon's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Callybon abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his grey robe. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

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. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 45000 sp.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the right. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and money/treasure

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her blonde hair is cut short. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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 a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dwarven conditions. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Racist, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.