Description: A middle-aged man, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and is pretty ugly. He has wavy cinnamon fur. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Blacksmith profession.

History: Art lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the west were limited. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Amethyst (150 gp). Amethyst (150 gp).

Description: She wears bulky tan painted plate armor. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She wears her brown hair down. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 9 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Andraste never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Mentor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with yellow slacks. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Forcas was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Through the years after Forcas was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Forcas's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He struck the Fortune-teller job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her hair is white and very short. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She hates Gnomes with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Racist, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 2000 cp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her white fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Trail took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up scythe and armor she uses now. She bought a scythe and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Forgetful, Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Eloise was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Through the years after Eloise was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Eloise's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: She wears a fancy white dress. She has a very tight haircut. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and carries glaives. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 5000 cp.