Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her hair is golden and curly. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Born to a Painter, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. His crest is bronze, silky, and of moderate length. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and balancing his hectic life and new sculptor responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a fancy white dress. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Kabbarg was born on a far western mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Navigator. After a long history of fighting, Kabbarg and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 600 sp. Silver pearl (90 gp).

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears a blue vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her red leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her blue boots flare out at the collars. Her hair is white and curly. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. 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 Knight. She became a Knight soon after.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are likewise white.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Mayor but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and gnomish compassion

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Rinn was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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 has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his right hand. His golden hair is matted, messy, and big. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. She has wavy blonde hair. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a red vest and prefers grey and tan shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her hair is long and black with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small red clips. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. 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 in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 360 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).