Description: This woman is very fat, and is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her white hair is long and unkept. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born in the south to a Slave Trader, Akta learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A gifted student she started as a Masseuse, but she got bored and became a Slave Trader. She has worked as a Slave Trader like her father before her.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and expand her business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His gray fur is long and unkept. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Nimble enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His first spouse was a Priest, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and carries kukris. His copper crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Bather born in the past three hundred years. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He got into the Bather business at a young age. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Bather work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bather work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gorbundus fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: He typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His skin is flawless and his red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Shamash hails from a village terrorized by goblins. 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. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a deep hatred of goblins

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Emotional, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears red robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a scimitar, but if one is not available she will default to her greataxe. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Born in the south to a Stylist, Nora learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Stylist for the past few years.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Debt. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 70 gp. Azurite (16 gp).

Description: This light-skinned male wears a blue shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and brown pants. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His childhood dream was to be a Shipwright, but he was a colossal failure. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new layabout responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her lavender fur is knotted and matted. Her copper eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 100 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears tattered old clothes. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length yellow fur. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Flame was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Crowbar. 1 Good lock.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a tattered pair of loose red pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around her ears. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: Maegan lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 gp.