Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her golden hair is singed and shortened. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Adelaide has worked very hard to control her curse. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His white hair is thinning but still full. His ears are large.

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 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: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. While he appears to be a normal Tiefling, 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'1". She prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts, and her gloved hand is found clutching a falchion. Her hair is short and golden. Her ears are large.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Tervaround will drive conversation. She takes great joy in being the best Performer in town.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. Tervaround was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Tervaround decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 18000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This eastern man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His clothes are grease stained in places. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the east were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, In love, Nature. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 6000 cp. Red garnet (150 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born to a Shepherd, his father struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 700 sp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her hair is brown and curly. Her black eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Phelaia enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born in the south. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Tieflings in Phelaia's homeland. Phelaia decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This late middle aged man is dressed in a clean green cloak covering his clean studded leather and is in decent physical shape. His scarlet crest is unkempt and raggedy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Crown-heir but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: A 6'1" northern woman, she wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. Her cinnamon fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her blue eyes.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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 came across an abandoned tomb where she found a relic that called out to her. After picking it up she was cursed by vampirism.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Masterwork manacles.