Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her black hair is wavy and long. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a Performer first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born to a Laborer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Eridred abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His red hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He found a children's book about a Human Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her first spouse was a Bookbinder, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

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 tends to wear a large tan jacket. She keeps her chestnut hair in a flapper bob. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

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

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Bella grew up listening to her father's many stories. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion.

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears long strands of aquamarine and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. 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. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp). 3 Smokesticks.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has brown eyes.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Now he works as a music tutor during his time off.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He got into the Apothecary business at a young age. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He tends to his Apothecary job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 140 gp. Lapis lazuli (15 gp). 1 Backpack.

Description: This woman wears a grey vest and prefers brown and grey shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length red hair. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 400 gp.