Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Efferil enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: She wears long strands of sapphire and short red dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She is portly but not overly obese. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. 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: Born in the south to a Jeweler, Tawna learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 70 gp. Obsidian (12 gp).

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull white iron scale mail. He carries with him a set of shortspears on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Scribe and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to be a ruler again

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a white collared shirt and brown skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her black hair is still thick. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Dee wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This western woman wears a green costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is silver and curly. This black eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a fancy pastel suit. His orange fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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. He takes great joy in being the best Glassblower in town.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Glassblower for hire.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, Guardian. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman is wearing a tight grey one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She has shaved her head bald. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Kilia was born with her father's beautiful face. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a worn and beaten armor, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He wears his cinnamon fur up. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Windy was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Windy was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Windy decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Courier kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: In love, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His gray fur is knotted and matted. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. Shifting liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. 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. Shifting fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 250 gp. Malachite (15 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). 1 Climber’s kit.