Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her red hair is braided into rings. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: The child of a Ploughman, who enjoyed hunting, Orla was taken on many hunting expeditions. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Server hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 50 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (50 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: He is wearing a long, green cloak. He carries with him a set of ceremonial daggers, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He wears a colorful flower in his red hair. His red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is obsessed with his god.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature ceremonial dagger.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious, Mentor, In love. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her blue hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Born in the east to a Junk Dealer, Kallista learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A gifted student she started as a Crown-heir, but she got bored and became a Junk Dealer. She struck the Junk Dealer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Junk Dealer responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a red armored body suit, with a simple pastel line shooting up and back down. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has slicked back brown hair. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. 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: She feels threatened by others; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful, Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A 4'10" western man, he is dressed in an above average manner. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bricklayer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with blue slacks. Her blonde hair is singed and shortened. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Emma lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His black hair is braided into rings. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

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. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Baker business.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He struck the Baker job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 160 gp. Banded agate (8 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Bella hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. 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 would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 150 gp.