Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She is portly but not overly obese. Her brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her top tan hat.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 140 gp. Banded agate (8 gp).

Description: This man wears professional attire. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length orange fur. His green eyes peer out from beneath his feathered brown hat.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. Being a Sage 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: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear violet clothing when she does not wear armor. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. With bright white hair. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Avice hails from a village terrorized by drow. Her first spouse was a Servant, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 3000 cp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Thomas was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He found a children's book about a Half-Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and expand his business

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 110 gp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Fletcher profession.

History: He got into the Miller business at a young age. He worked as a nervous Miller and found it very stressful. He has achieved small success as a Miller.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She stands about 5'9" and dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a white coat with black slacks. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her silver hair is wavy and long. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born in the north to a Apothecary, Adelaide learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She has worked as a Apothecary like her father before her.

Motivation: To be a Animal Trainer again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a tan collared shirt and brown skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her red hair is thinning but still full. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Stableman. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. A gifted student she started as a Seamstress, but she got bored and became a Stableman. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it; and balancing her hectic life and new stableman responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 4000 cp. 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His head has been shaved. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 200 sp. Blue quartz (10 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has brown hair. His gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Balam was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. 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: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Addict, Hedonist, Selfish. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.