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 hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Server

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 800 sp. Alexandrite (300 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Volen hails from a village terrorized by goblins. She found a children's book about a Half-Orc Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Born to a Engraver, his mother struggled to pay the bills. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Debt. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: Standing 6'5", this man prefers to wear flannel. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He works hard and plays hard.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. 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's also a talented Bather, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

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

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length blonde hair. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist, Ugly. Occupation: Server

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 40 pp. Onyx (40 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Fighting. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 500 sp. Red-brown spinel (50 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy gold crest. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has a hunchback. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Debt. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: An older man who wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs, he is not a threatening figure. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

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

Flaws: Cynical, Lazy. Bonds: Nature, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He carries with him a set of whips on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. His auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mozû fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 sp.