Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She is physically well-built. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her small red hat.

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 passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Portia was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: This tall, slender man usually wears his black robe and has his sai always slung over his shoulder. His black crest is long and unkept. 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 likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He got into the Barkeep business at a young age. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To be a Navigator again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak. He has a hunchback. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. He works hard and plays hard.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His parents were killed by orcs in a raid when he was still a young child. The orcs captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he wants revenge against orcs

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Debt. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 800 sp. Coral (130 gp).

Description: She dresses well, wearing violet shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Shava is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the west to a Sellsword, Shava learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Sellsword. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Herbalist again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He wears a blue collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt, and carries bastard swords. He keeps his auburn hair in a pixie cut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Berrian fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Terse, Mundane, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, grey shirt, and green tie. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length blue hair. His white eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Depressed, Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Elves. His skin is dark but he possesses many grey ritualistic tattoos. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His skin is flawless and his amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Tanner. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Carrie lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and expand his business

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is wearing a tight grey one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She has a long silver ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She wears white trousers with brown and grey striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts, and she perpetually has her trident ready. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She bought a trident and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Deep green spinel (110 gp). 1 Banded mail.