Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is typically in her Herbalist uniform. Her black hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Urshar lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is very fat, and sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. His skin is light but he possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Thokk was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 sp. Deep green spinel (120 gp).

Description: 5'9" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a black shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and pastel pants. She has styled her dark red hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her kukri, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. Her crest is scarlet and very short. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Ploughman they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Herbalist, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a blue coat. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Soapmaker. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Oppleby was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Revenge; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Bonds: Job, Attractive, Immigrant, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 20 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her white crest is unkempt and raggedy. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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 has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: The child of a Bowyer, who enjoyed hunting, Antrara was taken on many hunting expeditions. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Apothecary hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 800 sp. Silver pearl (160 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has wavy black hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in the north to a Body Guard, Verna learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A gifted student she started as a Bellfounder, but she got bored and became a Body Guard. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Shy, Fearful, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 320 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.