Description: This tall, slender man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft red waves gently in the breeze. He keeps his long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. A true patriot, Soveliss would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. 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. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he dresses like a well dressed Courier does. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. Paelias was born on a far southern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Courier. He's also a talented Layabout, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Solid gold idol (300 gp). 3 Holy water.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He is portly but not overly obese. His black hair is still thick. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Naeris is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Stylist arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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. After a long history of fighting, Naeris and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 20 gp. Jade (60 gp).

Description: He is typically in his Priest uniform. His hair is long and black with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Priest. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the south were limited. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Slave, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: An older woman who wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a hammer on her belt, she is not a threatening figure. She has moderate length brown hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. While she appears to be a normal Tiefling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears professional attire. With wild auburn hair. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She sports pastel clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and she perpetually has her bastard sword ready. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length lavender fur. Her skin is flawless and her copper eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born in the east. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, gnolls burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying east to reunite her family. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Galinndan wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Galinndan was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. Her hair is red and very short. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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 dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. After a long history of fighting, Murook and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 400 gp. Banded agate (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Amethyst (90 gp).