Description: This woman tends to wear a large black jacket. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her left hand. She has black hair. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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 also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born in a small desert village. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 2900 sp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 5'7". She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and her gloved hand is found clutching a hammer. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: In love, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Sybil has worked very hard to control her curse. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job, Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 150 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has wavy white hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the west were limited. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: An older woman who wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants, she is not a threatening figure. Her purple hair is lengthy. She is baby faced.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She takes great joy in being the best Farmer in town.

History: She got into the Farmer business at a young age. Her parents were killed by orcs in a raid when she was still a young child. The orcs captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tabaxi artifacts is her passion; and expand her business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'7". He prefers to wear flannel. He sports a flattop hair cut. His black eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Herbalist but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Chem was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: To be a Interpreter again; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted, Pacifist, Persistence. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep red leather and dull brown iron scale mail. His blonde hair is cut short. He has hazel eyes and a red hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ozyman grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ozyman. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Mercenary for hire.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 170 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: This man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Gerard grew up listening to his father's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a flail, but if one is not available he will default to his halberd. His tied-back hair is white. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He is greedy; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.