Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears professional attire. She keeps her long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a quarterstaff, but if one is not available he will default to his dagger, and is pretty ugly. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 160 gp. Deep green spinel (120 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. Her orange fur, when down, is lengthy. Her half smiles and copper eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the west were limited. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Human compassion; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'5" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has wavy gray fur. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She takes great joy in being the best Mortician in town.

History: Gifted from a young age, Silent studied abroad. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Mortician for the past few years.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and to be a spy again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'6" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has no hair. He has red eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To protect his home; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Guardian. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a brown tunic with pastel highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes and is in decent physical shape. Her cinnamon fur is braided into rings. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Aura was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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. Aura fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and she has a crush on the local armorer

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: In love, Religious, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. The war was a terrible time for her, and Alice does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Alice was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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 lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Shy, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is an amazing painter.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 3000 cp.