Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson black hat.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This woman has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her violet robe. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on her left hand. She has wavy dark red hair. Her half smiles and white eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Painter business.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Armara took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up hammer and armor she uses now. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a black vest and prefers tan and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair is silver and very short. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Glassblower arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Moonstone (70 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). 1 Smokesticks.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, green shirt, and white tie. Her blonde hair is singed and shortened. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his monstrous two handed axe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is golden and curly. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. Her black fur is lengthy. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his pickaxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His black hair is singed and shortened. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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 a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

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. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dragonborn artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 150 gp. Obsidian (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). 3 Smokesticks.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he usually wears his green robe and has his bastard sword always slung over his shoulder. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He married young, but lost his spouse to dire rats. He tends to his Apothecary job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 500 sp.