Description: This tall, slender woman prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her golden hair is cut short. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She found a children's book about a Human Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'0". He wears a black collared shirt and green pants. He accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He has brown eyes and a black hat with a green feather.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Norsko grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Layabout work with an outfit from a few towns over. Layabout work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 140 gp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 28000 sp.

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a violet and blue robe with the hood down. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly swords and bows. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Rolf is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Rolf was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

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; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 600 sp. 4 Acid flasks.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a brown Stetson hat and brown clothes and is in decent physical shape. Her red hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She got into the Shepherd business at a young age. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Valida alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears brown trousers with grey and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He is physically well-built. He has wavy brown fur. His half smiles and yellow eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. Right-Handed enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Right-Handed 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 brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of brigands

Flaws: Greedy, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 4000 cp. Red garnet (120 gp).

Description: He wears white trousers with blue and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

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. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. His skin is dark but he possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. 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: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Through the years after Darrak was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Darrak's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. A friendly and beautiful Halfling, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. In his 15th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. After a long history of fighting, Hamil and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Just what you see.