Description: He wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. He carries with him a set of shortbows on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His brass crest is still thick. His eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This woman 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 muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. 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 raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Mercenary arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This tall, slender man is dressed in an above average manner. His hair is silver and very short. His black unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. 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: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: She tends to wear a grey poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her white hair is thinning but still full. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: This woman loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She found a children's book about a Dwarf 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. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 60 gp. Jet (120 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. He carries with him a set of shortspears, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His gold crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Gifted from a young age, Dadalan studied abroad. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Philantrophist. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her red crest is still thick. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her red eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A freak accident while working with his Bather mother left him crippled. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 80 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp).

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears skinny pants and wears a tan and grey robe with the hood down. Her chestnut hair is well kept. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. A true patriot, Reddlepop would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Military, Religious, Attractive. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light grey in addition to tight pants. She carries a battered shortbow and tarnished crossbow as well. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She got into the Bookbinder business at a young age. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Bookbinder work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bookbinder work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature crossbow.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and a strong sense of loyalty to dwarven people

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 600 sp.