Description: This late middle aged man is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats and is in decent physical shape. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. He is baby faced.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Baker. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 370 gp. Moss agate (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He usually wears his white robe and has his greataxe always slung over his shoulder. He has chestnut hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. 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: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Pacifist, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Rose (40 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a pastel tunic with green highlights, and long yellow pants that bunch up around his shoes. His fur is cut close to his head. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Serpent 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 Serpent. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born into a rich family. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Manfred was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears baggy white pantaloons and a grey scarf. Her red hair is thinning but still full. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: She is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gifted student she started as a Gardener, but she got bored and became a Spice Merchant. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Spice Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Gardener again; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 120 gp. Iolite (50 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a simple brown robe with white stripes complete with hood, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: In love, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This southern man wears suspenders and red workpants. His shirt is grey, and he wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. His clothes are grease stained in places. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Pikar was born on a far southern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Navigator. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 330 gp. White pearl (120 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He likes to wear grey tank tops with black pants. His black hair is long and unkept. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 110 gp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp).

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'5" and wears just a tan suit. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. She is baby faced.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Performer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Through the years after Adrie was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Adrie's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 300 gp.