Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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: Born to a Architect, her father struggled to pay the bills. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She came across an abandoned tomb where she found a relic that called out to her. After picking it up she was cursed by lycanthropy.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she has a crush on the local architect

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Barkeep

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

Possessions: 60 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (90 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He wears his chestnut hair down. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against goblins

Bonds: Enemies, Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 50 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. She has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her green robe. She has a hunchback. She is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around her ears. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Pennie was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Pennie was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 370 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (70 gp).

Description: This woman is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, blue shirt, and green tie. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her black hair is braided into rings. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 80 gp. Chrysoprase (30 gp).

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His dark red hair, when down, is lengthy. His white eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Gifted from a young age, Barakas studied abroad. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Barakas fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 320 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Mortician profession.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Adventurer for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a mortician again

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Passionate. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 50 gp. Amethyst (80 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears just a white suit. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Puyet lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Amber (40 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears a simple blue robe with tan stripes complete with hood. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His white hair is braided into rings. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born in the south. He dropped out of school to support his sick father, and resented it. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 800 sp. Sard (60 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered green stockings, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His white hair is still thick. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He 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. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 200 gp. Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Black opal (900 gp).