Description: 3'3" and muscular, this southern woman prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Unemployed. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Nissa has worked very hard to control her curse. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Unemployed responsibilities is difficult; and expand her business

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a blue Stetson hat and blue clothes and is in decent physical shape. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Criminal record, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 70 gp. Moss agate (13 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. He has wavy auburn hair. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Guard. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 140 gp. Rock crystal (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His hair is white and very short. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Eberk was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He's also a talented Mortician, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Mortician again.

Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants, and carries clubs. His brass crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His skin is flawless and his red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his youth he was a Locksmith, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger brother on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. 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 wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Standing 4'1", this man has the majority of his body covered in plate. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Reirak hails from a village terrorized by giants. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His red fur is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are yellow and catlike.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. 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 was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe. Her brown hair is lengthy. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. 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, Eva is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Priest arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 70 gp.