Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. While she appears to be a normal Tiefling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. 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 has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This southern woman wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her clothes are grease stained in places. With bright chestnut hair. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This eastern woman prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her blonde hair is singed and shortened. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Lorilla and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her blonde hair is cut short. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Bardryn studied abroad. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic, Logical, Gifted, Fighting. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with yellow slacks. Her black crest is lengthy. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She was born in the south. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has white hair. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Galinndan grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Galinndan has worked very hard to control his curse. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears bulky brown painted plate armor. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Vonbin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Slave Trader work with an outfit from a few towns over. Slave Trader work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He tends to his Slave Trader job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: This man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His copper crest is still thick. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born into a rich family. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He became a Carpenter soon after.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and he is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his left hand. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Just what you see.