Description: She is in excellent shape and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her hair is silver and curly. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She carries a battered longsword and tarnished axe as well. Her red hair is wavy and long. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Portia's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. 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, Portia and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 20 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp).

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a white costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. Her black hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Andry was born on a far western forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Dilettante. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1700 sp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

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 white hair has been sun bleached extensively. 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 the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shaena fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp).

Description: She is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her pickaxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. 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 is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has moderate length scarlet crest. This gold eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Gardener. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1400 sp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: This malnourished man wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Spice Merchant business.

History: Born to a Guard, his father struggled to pay the bills. Through the years after Nákra was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Nákra's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, marred by beers. With wild brown hair. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Elizabeth is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length black hair. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. 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: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform 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: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1600 sp.