Description: A pudgy woman standing about 2'9" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears suspenders and white workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. 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: To unite with her sister.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She keeps her copper crest in a pixie cut. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her red eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 2000 cp. Chrysoberyl (110 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered south to less war torn lands. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, PTSD. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He got into the Guard business at a young age. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Guard responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a tan shirt with thin white vertical stripes and tan pants. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 360 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: An older man who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, he is not a threatening figure. His blue crest is thinning but still full. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She wears brown trousers with tan and grey striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She carries a battered nunchaku and tarnished greataxe as well. Her hair is short and white. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Ahlyssa hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly axes and shortspears. He has no fur. He has a dull look in his copper eyes.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Tree lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Tree 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 Tree. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 160 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. He carries with him a set of monstrous two handed axes on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. His brown hair is still thick. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aelar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.