Description: This dark-skinned female likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her black hair is still thick. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: This woman loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This man wears skinny pants and wears a brown and tan robe with the hood down. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his right hand. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. 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 has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 5000 cp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 6'3". He wears a worn and beaten armor. His green crest is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 sp. Azurite (6 gp).

Description: This woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her left hand. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man very much looks the part of a Miller. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Gardain hails from a village terrorized by orcs. A gifted student he started as a Bounty Hunter, but he got bored and became a Miller. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by orcs. Gardain was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: 5'5" and muscular, this western man is dressed in earthy colors with a black and green handkerchief worn on his left side. His dark red hair is knotted and matted. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 80 gp. Amethyst (140 gp).

Description: He typically wears pastel cloth garments or leather armor. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears a colorful flower in his yellow fur. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a grey vest and prefers tan and grey shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her silver hair is braided into rings. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dwarven conditions. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Glim lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Bellfounder, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortspear.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 2000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).