Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He tends to wear a large blue jacket. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Ploughman arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Chalcedony (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This late middle aged woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze and is in decent physical shape. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

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

Ideals: Justice, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Shepherd does. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in the east to a Shepherd, Bagabug learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Recently the stress of being a Shepherd has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 110 gp. Amethyst (140 gp).

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His fur is cut close to his head. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Cloak 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 drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against drow; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: This western woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has brown eyes and a yellow hat with a white feather.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Through the years after Sarah was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Sarah's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 100 sp. Tourmaline (120 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He has a large yellow mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. He has moderate length auburn hair. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Born to a Soapmaker, his father struggled to pay the bills. Chad was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Chad decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: 2'9" and muscular, this southern woman wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a white coat. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing music.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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 has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shield.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple pastel line shooting up and back down. His brown hair is thinning but still full. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Efferil will drive conversation. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 390 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her fur is red and curly. Her yellow eyes peer out from beneath her small pastel hat.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Banded mail.