Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her crossbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. Her beige fur is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are likewise copper. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Tricking's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Tricking was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Jade (40 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are gray and beady.

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 a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. 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 wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: In love, Poor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a brown coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. His fur is yellow, silky, and of moderate length. His copper unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Drifting was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Farmer for hire.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 800 sp. Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Red spinel (130 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears a grey coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head, she is not a threatening figure. Her chestnut hair is cut short. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Valida grew up listening to her father's many stories. Through the years after Valida was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Valida's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 370 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Seamstress who has hired him part-time. 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 is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. While he appears to be a normal Tiefling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This western man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His clothes are grease stained in places. His crest is cut close to his head. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. Patrin is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born to a Miller, his father struggled to pay the bills. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. After a long history of fighting, Patrin and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and regain custody of his daughter

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 gp. Violet garnet (200 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears bulky black painted plate armor. Her blue hair is thinning but still full. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Astaro was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a green coat. His white crest is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He uses divination through singing.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants, and he perpetually has his nunchaku ready. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 sp.