Description: Runty and weak-looking, she tends to wear a green poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Doudra hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying north to reunite her family. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His silver hair is braided into rings. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker tan hat.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Quarion was born with his father's beautiful face. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 360 gp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he prefers to wear white clothing when he does not wear armor. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He struck the Fortune-teller job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her brown hair is matted, messy, and big. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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 a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak, marred by chocolates. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

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 has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Gifted from a young age, Mara studied abroad. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 700 sp. Jet (50 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 4'11" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears skinny pants and wears a violet and blue robe with the hood down. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Himo lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature quarterstaff.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has a hunchback. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length golden hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Herbalist. She has achieved small success as a Herbalist.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 100 sp. 3 Acid flasks.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has no fur. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 220 gp.