Description: A 3'11" western woman, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her golden hair is lengthy. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. 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; and to protect her home

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Healer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. She has a very tight haircut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Reddlepop grew up listening to her father's many stories. A freak accident while working with her Hunter father left her crippled. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Hourglass.

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He carries a battered quarterstaff and tarnished club as well. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His ears are large.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Layabout hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears baggy black pantaloons and a green scarf. He sports a flattop hair cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. 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: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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 Spy. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Baker. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 900 sp. Alexandrite (400 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a mace on his belt. Sporting a black mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Bookbinder mother left him crippled. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Gifted from a young age, Baern studied abroad. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and balancing his hectic life and new bookbinder responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 120 gp. Jasper (30 gp).

Description: This man wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has no hair. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is mildly Elf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. Ahvain enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Merchant arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Ahvain was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Ahvain decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1300 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears long strands of emerald and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length silver hair. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. 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-sister.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she is greedy

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Chain shirt.