Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she likes to wear violet tank tops with brown skirt. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Caelynn lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears a brown costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her red fur is singed and shortened. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the west were limited. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. His hair is black and curly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Roland is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born in a small island village. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Insomniac, Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 30 gp. Obsidian (14 gp).

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. This red eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Torinn was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and to protect his home

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Armorer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Armorer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He's also a talented Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is dressed in earthy colors with a pastel and yellow handkerchief worn on his left side. His yellow fur is long and unkept. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Navigator who has hired him part-time. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His childhood dream was to be a Crown-heir, but he was a colossal failure. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, brown shirt, and tan tie. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Alexandre alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 150 gp. Silver pearl (90 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has chestnut hair. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. Sarai is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Gifted from a young age, Sarai studied abroad. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Family, Slave. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 170 gp.