Description: He is lean but muscular and prefers to wear flannel. His scarlet crest is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Poor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 70 gp. Chrysoberyl (80 gp).

Description: She stands about 3'0" and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She has wavy golden hair. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. 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 has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She is dressed in earthy colors with a white and brown handkerchief worn on her left side. Her silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has blue eyes and a white hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Baggi was born on a far eastern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Dilettante. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 120 gp. Jasper (70 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a red deerstalker hat and red clothes, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her tied-back hair is blonde. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Baker arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Thea 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 remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Rich, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'2" and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He is a Glassblower first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He tends to his Glassblower job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and balancing his hectic life and new glassblower responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He wears yellow robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a hand crossbow, but if one is not available he will default to his halberd. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Randal grew up listening to his father's many stories. Randal abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a brown vest and prefers tan and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has slicked back chestnut hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Werydd lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her first spouse was a Fletcher, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son.

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Layabout. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He got into the Layabout business at a young age. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Layabout responsibilities is difficult; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Religious, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 2000 cp. Red-brown spinel (40 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a pastel coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head. She has wavy orange fur. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 180 gp. Red garnet (160 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp).