Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He is physically well-built. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

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 lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Gardener arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her golden hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Shepherd business.

History: Phann was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: Tabaxi compassion; and expand her business

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 300 sp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Fortune-teller hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is dressed in a clean red cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has no hair. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. A freak accident while working with her Barrister mother left her crippled. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with yellow colored cloaks and clothing. She has a very tight haircut. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears baggy brown pantaloons and a blue scarf. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. 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 able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Trey was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Job, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He dresses well, wearing red shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Fargas was born with his father's beautiful face. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1700 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp).

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He usually wears his green robe and has his whip always slung over his shoulder. His silver crest is knotted and matted. His gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Dyer. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Azzakh enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 400 sp.