Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her violet robe. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her hair is brown and curly. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her small red hat.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She tends to her Spice Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has a very tight haircut. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 6000 cp. Chrysoberyl (100 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She wears a tan tunic with red highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around her shoes, marred by sweets. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. Zanna abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. He is an epitome of beauty. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Hourglass.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She usually wears her grey robe and has her quarterstaff always slung over her shoulder. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Addict. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 700 sp. Amber (80 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears a pastel tunic with violet highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around her shoes. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her brown fur is heavily combed to the right. 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 not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. 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. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: 6'1" and muscular, this southern woman dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with black slacks. Her red hair is thinning but still full. Her silver unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She takes great joy in being the best Farmer in town.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. She has achieved small success as a Farmer.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 150 gp. Iolite (50 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 120 gp.