Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and black handkerchief worn on her left side. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: Born in the north to a Ploughman, Nurkara learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Ploughman work with an outfit from a few towns over. Ploughman work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. 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: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Guard, and carries quarterstaffs. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Guard work with an outfit from a few towns over. Guard work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He prefers to wear flannel. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with tan slacks. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Uthemar 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. Uthemar decided he wanted neither the life of his father 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. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her hair is golden and curly. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Mella liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This man wears a blue shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and brown pants, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand his business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 900 sp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears dark leathers with embroidery, and is pretty ugly. Her red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it; and she wants revenge against drow

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a shortbow, but if one is not available she will default to her spear. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: 3'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a tan coat. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Moss agate (11 gp). Carnelian (40 gp).