Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has slicked back red hair. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Siffress will drive conversation. 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: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Siffress fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Extrovert, Artistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. He sports a flattop hair cut. His brown 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 tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother 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 left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who is wearing a long, brown cloak. He has yellow fur. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His first spouse was a Ruler, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Interpreter.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away; and to clean up the streets

Bonds: Enemies, Job, Slave, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 380 gp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Azurite (15 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Standing 5'11", this woman wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Emeny is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Through the years after Emeny was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Emeny's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is wearing a tight yellow one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: She was born in the west. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Shepherd for hire.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and she's in love

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is golden and curly. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Tiefling culture. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Brewer.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 2 Holy water.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. 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 remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He carries with him a set of morningstars on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A 3'4" northern woman, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Barkeep born in the past three hundred years. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She got into the Barkeep business at a young age. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Debt. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 150 gp.