Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Althaea lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 Fletcher. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Fletcher for hire.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His black hair is still thick. His eyes are likewise white.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Cairn alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands.

Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: Standing 5'4", this man wears a violet armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down. His hair is cut close to his head. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: John was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 3000 cp. A delicate brass dragon egg (40 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Skog is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Skog was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and revenge

Flaws: Insane, Depressed, Selfish. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Crowbar.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. 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: Rinn was born the youngest of three triplets. Her first spouse was a Fortune-teller, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and doesn't want to be a merchant and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She wears her black crest down. Her gold eyes peer out from beneath her feathered green hat.

Personality: Driindar hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. Driindar enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Driindar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to be a stableman again

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: In love, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 400 gp. Carnelian (60 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Red spinel (50 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. Her red hair is lengthy. Her ears are large.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Masseuse but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has moderate length brown hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. 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. Olunt fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'2" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. With wild white hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has worked as a Map Maker like her father before her.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

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

Possessions: 140 gp.