Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She is baby faced.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tiefling companion (her 'brother'). She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tiefling artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a worn and beaten armor. She has a very tight haircut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Fletcher. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She's in love; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she usually wears her blue robe and has her mace always slung over her shoulder. She has shaved her head bald. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She found a children's book about a Gnome Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Opinionated, Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 320 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ahrim fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Military. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 500 sp. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: This woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 2000 sp. Onyx (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His black hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

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. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Standing 5'0", this man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He wears his black hair down. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of goblins may trigger it at times.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He married young, but lost his spouse to goblins. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 130 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a blue costume with the symbols of death on his torso. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. He has violet eyes and a blue hat with a white feather.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a white top hat and white clothes. Her golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and elven compassion

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 160 gp. Amber (140 gp). 1 Banded mail.