Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her dark red hair is smooth and relatively long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Ishte enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Flaws: Insane, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 700 sp. Lapis lazuli (15 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. Sporting a black mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. His childhood dream was to be a Bellfounder, but he was a colossal failure. He struck the Brewer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 20 gp. Tourmaline (150 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats. Her white hair is singed and shortened. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. 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 wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Military, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 110 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears bulky black painted plate armor. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His white hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Mord was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with white slacks. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Valanthe's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. 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, Valanthe is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She stands about 3'4" and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. Veloptima enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, In love. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'9" when asserting himself. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He is mildly Half-Orc supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Orc conditions. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and elven compassion

Flaws: Racist, Mundane, Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Eye agate (8 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Jane was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Job, Mentor, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 150 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Dyer but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Duvamil grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 170 gp.