Description: This woman wears a simple green robe with pastel stripes complete with hood, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has dyed her greying silver crest a little too much giving a sharp silver color. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Shoemaker for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'10" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Through the years after Balimaar was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Balimaar's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her white robe. Her tied-back hair is blonde. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Shamil was born with her father's beautiful face. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. 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: Wants to raise her children well; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she wears a black collared shirt and violet skirt. She accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She wears her blue crest up. Her half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Burana was born with her father's beautiful face. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears tattered old clothes. Her gray fur is greasy and uncared for. Her yellow eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born to a Painter, her mother struggled to pay the bills. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Tricking alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. After a long history of fighting, Tricking and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1600 sp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She tends to wear a large tan jacket. She wears her red hair up. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

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. A friendly and beautiful Gnome, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1800 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Quarion 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 Quarion. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His black fur is long and unkept. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: 5'5" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her red hair is lengthy. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Aline is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Extrovert, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 6000 cp. Rhodochrosite (11 gp).