Description: An older woman who wears red painted combat armor at almost all times, she is not a threatening figure. Her white hair is greasy and uncared for. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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 would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Through the years after Merla was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Merla's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 140 pp.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a sickle on his belt. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His silver hair is lengthy. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: Reirak is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is his passion; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'5" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a tan costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. She wears her golden hair up. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Navigator. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Solid gold idol (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp).

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Locksmith arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 500 sp. Jet (160 gp).

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her white fur is braided into rings. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Lone was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 has worked as a Masseuse like her mother before her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Naeris is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Apothecary they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Courier, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Rich, Family, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 110 gp. Peridot (60 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear tan clothing when she does not wear armor. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her mother's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered brigands who tried to eat her hand. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His hair is brown and curly. His black eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Scribe business.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a green broad hat and green clothes. He has no crest. This gold eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

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. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Justice, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 5000 cp.