Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He sports a flattop crest cut. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears professional attire. Her blonde hair is cut short. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 80 gp. 5 Acid flasks.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She is an epitome of beauty. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. After coming to the age of reason, Merla took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. 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: She seems to be bored by most things; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears baggy violet pantaloons and a green scarf. Her head has been shaved. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Joan was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Barkeep, but she got bored and became a Server. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a barkeep again

Ideals: Optimist, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (50 gp).

Description: He wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a shortbow, but if one is not available he will default to his hammer. He carries with him a set of hammers on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He has wavy gold crest. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Server business.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dragonborns in Shedinn's homeland. Shedinn decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Persistence. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Server

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 500 sp. Malachite (7 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a morningstar, but if one is not available he will default to his greataxe. He carries with him a set of greataxes, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He wears his rusty crest down. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born into a rich family. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 210 gp. 3 Acid flasks.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He usually wears his yellow robe and has his quarterstaff always slung over his shoulder. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. After months of barely getting by, Hunter managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 300 sp. Jet (90 gp).

Description: Standing 6'5", this woman is dressed in an above average manner. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length brown hair. She has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has achieved small success as a Slave Trader.

Motivation: To be a Interpreter again.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She has moderate length silver crest. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. 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: She feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 200 gp.