Description: This western woman is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her red hair is braided into rings. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Lerissa fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 600 sp. Peridot (60 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in the south to a Spice Merchant, Ogbur learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. 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. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her fur, while still mostly gray, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Engraver.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. His hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

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 mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He tends to wear a large black jacket. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A gifted student he started as a Navigator, but he got bored and became a Spice Merchant. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a crush on the local navigator

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is lean but muscular and dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Average lock.

Description: He wears a simple brown robe with yellow stripes complete with hood. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly warhammers and swords. He has white hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Miner.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 100 gp. Rose (20 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears tattered old clothes. He has styled his yellow fur well, parting it to the right. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Born to a Masseuse, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Shifting has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is content.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 17000 sp. Jade (120 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Malachite (13 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He prefers to wear yellow pants and tee shirts. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Animal Trainer responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Banded mail.