Description: This woman is very fat, and wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her dark red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Hunter. She has worked as a Hunter like her mother before her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He usually wears his blue robe and has his bastard sword always slung over his shoulder. His hair is black and curly. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the west. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 500 sp. Aquamarine (400 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears suspenders and tan workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. She has moderate length brown hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She hates goblins. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Engraver. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and many goblins want her driven away

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 120 gp. Black pearl (300 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his greatsword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Body Guard and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. His hair is short and silver. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new barber responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her white hair is heavily combed to the left. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Gifted from a young age, Emeny studied abroad. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Merchant and was forced into it by her family; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has moderate length black hair. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Valanthe was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with violet lining and desert motifs. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Gifted from a young age, Mialee studied abroad. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Fletcher and was forced into it by her family; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (10 gp).

Description: He wears green trousers with brown and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His brown hair is still thick. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. 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 raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Healer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His first spouse was a Locksmith, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Expand his business; and many gnolls want him driven away

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.