Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and brown handkerchief worn on her right side. She has auburn hair. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Bolhild hails from a village terrorized by illithids. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Orc companion (her 'brother'). Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Bolhild was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her tied-back hair is silver. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Quelenna is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Quelenna enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and expand her business

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Red spinel (110 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Black opal (600 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is light but he possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. He has violet eyes and a red hat with a green feather.

Personality: Gormogord hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dwarven companion (his 'brother'). He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: Standing 5'9", this woman is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and black handkerchief worn on her left side. She has slicked back chestnut hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Heather was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Insane. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned male is dressed in earthy colors with a yellow and brown handkerchief worn on his left side. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. 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: Wants to raise his children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

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: Theirastra was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. After coming to the age of reason, Theirastra took it upon herself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She likes to wear grey tank tops with brown skirt. She has a hunchback. Her brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Through the years after Ermina was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Ermina's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Scribe.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a grey shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and green pants. She is an epitome of beauty. Her black hair is braided into rings. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears an entirely pastel suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her fur is gray and curly. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She is a Actor first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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 in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She's also a talented Assassin, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Chrysoprase (60 gp).