Description: This man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has a very tight haircut. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Varg is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Varg liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he wants revenge against brigands

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears tattered old clothes. His hair is white and very short. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: He is greedy; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Military, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 gp. Violet garnet (200 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears tattered old clothes. His golden hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are gray.

Personality: Nalral hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Nalral took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up hand crossbow and armor he uses now. He bought a hand crossbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 300 gp. Jet (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His hair is cut close to his head. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is harsh and unforgiving.

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. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Soapmaker. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a mayor again

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. His skin is light but he possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. Skog enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His childhood dream was to be a Fortune-teller, but he was a colossal failure. He's also a talented Fortune-teller, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 60 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (110 gp).

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull black iron scale mail. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His gold crest is still thick. He has gold eyes.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He got into the Actor business at a young age. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Actor. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Actor for hire.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Actor responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Slave. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the right. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Tordek lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This light-skinned female wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her shield with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. With wild golden hair. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Stableman who has hired her part-time. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. 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 Stableman. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants a kiss.

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 300 sp. Moonstone (70 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears tattered old clothes. Her black hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Blacksmith arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 Blacksmith. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

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

Possessions: 20 pp. Tourmaline (140 gp). 3 Alchemist’s fire.