Description: This malnourished man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has moderate length chestnut hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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 to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. 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 wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Sensitive, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has a long silver ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her ears are large.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. Buvvie 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: Buvvie hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 800 sp. Freshwater pearl (16 gp).

Description: This woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair is black and curly. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Debt, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 30 pp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Silver ewer (100 gp).

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a black coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her red hair is cut short. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her broad black hat.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. She has gold eyes and a black hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 80 gp. Golden pearl (80 gp).

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He carries with him a set of sais, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He takes great joy in being the best Ploughman in town.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Ploughman responsibilities is difficult; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1600 sp. Chalcedony (60 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. He has white hair. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He bought a falchion and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her blonde hair is singed and shortened. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with her Banker mother left her crippled. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She wears a tan costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. After coming to the age of reason, Sariel took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Good lock.