Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and dresses like a well dressed Fortune-teller does. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Fortune-teller work with an outfit from a few towns over. Fortune-teller work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, marred by teas. She wears her brown hair up. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

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. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears professional attire. He has styled his gray fur well, parting it to the left. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered east to less war torn lands. He tends to his Healer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Healer responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a simple green robe with tan stripes complete with hood. His green crest, when down, is lengthy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. A gifted student he started as a Miller, but he got bored and became a Masseuse. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Guardian, Mentor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He carries with him a set of crossbows, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. His skin is flawless and his silver eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Habor enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born in the west. Habor was born on a far western island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Tanner. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'0". He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His yellow fur is unkempt and raggedy. His copper eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. A true patriot, Tricking would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Tricking was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'11" when asserting himself. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He got into the Laborer business at a young age. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Paelias has worked very hard to control his curse. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This woman wears a simple tan robe with brown stripes complete with hood. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on her right hand. Her red hair is cut short. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Ahinar is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born into a rich family. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Elves in Ahinar's homeland. Ahinar decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

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 white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She hates Half-Orcs with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Seamstress arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Racist, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1600 sp.