Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple yellow line shooting up and back down. Her cinnamon fur is still thick. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Animal Trainer who has hired her part-time. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, River has worked very hard to control her curse. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Miller. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Fearful, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she wears a red costume with the symbols of magic on her torso. Her red hair is thinning but still full. She is baby faced.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Thea fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Dilettante

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

Possessions: 90 pp.

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 just a black suit. His hair is chestnut and curly. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 20 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp).

Description: An older man who does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, he is not a threatening figure. His gray fur is greasy and uncared for. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears white trousers with pastel and black striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Antagonistic, Insane. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She is portly but not overly obese. She wears her silver hair down. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born into a rich family. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She has worked as a Dyer like her mother before her.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job, Religious. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a violet suit, green shirt, and white tie. His brown hair is lengthy. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Theodoric grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Theodoric. Being a Adventurer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 100 gp. Fire opal (400 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His black fur is thinning but still full. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his mother's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered orcs who tried to eat his hand. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This woman is dressed in a clean white cloak covering her clean studded leather, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the left. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: In love, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 3200 sp.