Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her red hair is still thick. She has white eyes and a green hat with a white feather.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Nija will drive conversation. 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 in the west. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Nija was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 100 sp. Jade (50 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He prefers to wear white clothing when he does not wear armor. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Mortician who has hired him part-time. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: The child of a Laborer, who enjoyed hunting, Tod was taken on many hunting expeditions. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Nature, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 4'7" and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Anastrianna has worked very hard to control her curse. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Opinionated. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Chrysoprase (60 gp). 2 Antitoxin.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. Her violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon 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 desert due to the painful memories there. Faral took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up lance and armor she uses now. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Faral fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Good lock.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He carries with him a set of quarterstaffs, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Soapmaker who has hired him part-time. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born to a Cook, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Soapmaker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Poor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 100 gp. Sard (70 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with red slacks and is in decent physical shape. She keeps her red hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave 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. Astaro took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up mace and armor she uses now. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has done his best to style his cinnamon fur to look like a famous performer. He has green eyes and a brown hat with a grey feather.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born to a Architect, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Harvest abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 360 gp. 2 Holy water.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a crossbow on his belt. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the south. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Laborer they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Fortune-teller, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a white cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. While she appears to be a normal Half-Orc, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and to unite with her brother

Flaws: Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 100 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 2 Antitoxin.