Description: This late middle aged woman dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head and is in decent physical shape. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her ears are large.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. Mella enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. Her fur, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are copper.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. As a very small child her family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. Her mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect her and cast a teleportation spell that whisked her away. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Sellsword and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 380 gp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Moonstone (30 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a white shirt, with a black mid length skirt with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her golden hair is smooth and relatively long. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Jillian was born with her father's beautiful face. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Scribe for the past few years.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, In love, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 290 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a black top hat and black clothes. His crest is cut close to his head. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Carpenter profession.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His childhood dream was to be a Carpenter, but he was a colossal failure. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to be a carpenter again

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: 3'3" and muscular, this western woman wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Buvvie fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 160 gp. Banded agate (9 gp).

Description: 4'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

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

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is typically in her Crown-heir uniform. Her golden hair is wavy and long. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Baggi was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His copper crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dragonborns.

History: He got into the Body Guard business at a young age. He worked as a nervous Body Guard and found it very stressful. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it; and many orcs want him driven away

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around her ears. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. Volen enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 19000 cp.