Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears dull black sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed shortbow, just in case. Her hair is white and curly. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Adventurer. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. When Bryseis reached her early adolescence her Tiefling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She's also a talented Miller, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and expand her business

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 40 gp. Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Azurite (12 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This northern woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. 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, Tawna is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Animal Trainer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Animal Trainer work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand her business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He feeds upon the attention of others.

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. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (12 gp).

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and carries kukris. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He tends to his Stylist job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To be a Glassblower again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive, Lazy. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 390 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 40 gp. Onyx (60 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Banker. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Banker responsibilities is difficult; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 90 gp. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she usually wears her brown robe and has her quarterstaff always slung over her shoulder, and is pretty ugly. With wild white hair. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Soapmaker profession.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She became a Brewer soon after.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull tan iron scale mail. Her black hair is cut short. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. 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: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: This dark-skinned female wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her golden hair, when down, is lengthy. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Quillathe hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Just what you see.