Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with white slacks. Her crest is cut close to her head. She has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

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

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. 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 granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: Standing 4'2", this woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She saw the violence of war and the aftermath so she converted to religion and dedicated herself to non-violence.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, PTSD. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1200 sp. Emerald (600 gp). Obsidian (9 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright pastel and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She keeps her cinnamon fur in a flapper bob. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Merchant business.

History: Silent hails from a village terrorized by illithids. A freak accident while working with her Ruler father left her crippled. Some 6 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Silent never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Emotional, Disease. Bonds: Rich, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a black vest and prefers tan and grey shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Shautha embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Orcs. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Seamstress.

Motivation: To be a Mortician again; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 380 gp. Solid gold idol (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver ewer (100 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: The child of a Doctor, who enjoyed hunting, Gormogord was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He wears a tan vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his tan boots flare out at the collars. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His brown hair is lengthy. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. Thervan is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Stableman work with an outfit from a few towns over. Stableman work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. Recently the stress of being a Stableman has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 300 sp. Amethyst (50 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with violet lining and desert motifs. He has a very tight haircut. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Heian was born the youngest of three triplets. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Heian grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Heian. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Family, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her greataxe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Vola 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. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Spy. He keeps his auburn hair in a pixie cut. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Nature, Slave. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.