Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her hair is purple, silky, and of moderate length. She has white eyes and a black hat with a white feather.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered west to less war torn lands. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Selfish, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Marshal

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

Possessions: 110 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp).

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a pastel tunic with white highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her red fur is still thick. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. When Tree reached her early adolescence her Tabaxi mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is well dressed, constantly wearing a pastel suit, green shirt, and brown tie, and is pretty ugly. Her orange fur is greasy and uncared for. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Gardener arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. After a long history of fighting, Shivering and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: 4'3" and muscular, this southern man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. His ears are large.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Miner business.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. 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 would like to get married and retire; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Religious, Has a crush. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 400 sp. Malachite (7 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears pastel leather gloves, a pastel jacket, and tight pants. He has styled his cinnamon fur well, parting it to the left. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. 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: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Debt, Has a crush. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Mercenary who has hired him part-time. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Armorer. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: In love, Has a crush, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 3200 sp.

Description: She wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length silver hair. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Fistula was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Marshal they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Cartwright, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a marshal again

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'11". She dresses like a well dressed Crown-heir does, and her gloved hand is found clutching a falchion. Her head has been shaved. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Callie lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Amber (160 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.