Description: A middle-aged man, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and is pretty ugly. His blue crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Pandjed lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: 6'8" and muscular, this western woman very much looks the part of a Spice Merchant. Her green crest, when down, is lengthy. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Dragonborn in existence. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Job, Rich, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull tan iron scale mail. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She hates Dwarves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Racist, Addict, Insane. Bonds: Family, Slave. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a red cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her childhood dream was to be a Tanner, but she was a colossal failure. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Fortune-teller and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. She has a hunchback. Her red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She has all her life been fascinated with dancing.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Adventurer

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

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Buckler.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Meriele was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Adventurer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a rapier on her belt. She sports brown long hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In her 19th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 140 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp).

Description: She wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. She has brown eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 100 gp.