Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and is pretty ugly. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

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. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she very much looks the part of a Fortune-teller. She has shaved her head bald. She wears large thick round spectacles.

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 is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 north. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 50 gp. Deep green spinel (40 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. She wears dull black sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed sickle, just in case. She has a hunchback. Her silver hair is lengthy. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Spice Merchant. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Spice Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spice Merchant work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has worked as a Spice Merchant like her father before her.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1100 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 skinny pants and wears a yellow and black robe with the hood down. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Gardener hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Wants a kiss.

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 5000 cp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. Her crest is short and green. This gold eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Ruloth hails from a village terrorized by goblins. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She bought a shortbow and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and she has a crush on the local beggar

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a simple grey robe with green stripes complete with hood. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His silver crest is knotted and matted. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Gorbundus was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Doctor for hire.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a blue collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has wavy black hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she is content

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She is portly but not overly obese. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Bolhild embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bolhild fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 20 pp.