Description: She is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family, Military. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a quarterstaff on his belt. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Spice Merchant born in the past three hundred years. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, In love. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a quarterstaff on his belt. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Alston was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Alston's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Alston and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Gardain grew up listening to his mother's many stories. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is short and golden. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She is typically in her Performer uniform. She wears her silver hair up. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Bonds: Job, Guardian, Criminal record, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull tan iron scale mail. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the west. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Gardener. She has achieved small success as a Gardener.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Barkeep. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her hair is brown and curly. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Menny grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her parents were killed by brigands in a raid when she was still a young child. The brigands captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and balancing her hectic life and new barkeep responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 800 sp. Rock crystal (50 gp).

Description: She wears a white collared shirt and tan skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She is physically well-built. She wears a colorful flower in her blonde hair. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed white hat.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Engong grew up listening to her father's many stories. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Servant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Servant work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Eye agate (11 gp). 1 Banded mail.