Description: She wears a fancy tan dress. She is portly but not overly obese. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Althaea has worked very hard to control her curse. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and revenge

Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a tan coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. 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 Mason. She has worked as a Mason like her father before her.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Artistic. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he's in love

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Has a crush, Mentor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. He has moderate length brass crest. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Fletcher profession.

History: Mugrunden was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. 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 acts crazy and hedonistic. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He dresses like a well dressed Bookbinder does. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He is baby faced.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Chem was born the youngest of three triplets. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Family, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: She likes to wear black tank tops with white skirt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'5" when asserting herself. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Apothecary. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. 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: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. A gifted student she started as a Adventurer, but she got bored and became a Apothecary. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Apothecary responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'5" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a club, but if one is not available she will default to her trident. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: Margery is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Margery was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is dressed in a clean violet cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She became a Carpenter soon after.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Pacifist, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Banded mail.