Description: She is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. 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 has a hunchback. She keeps her auburn hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Ridaro embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Fortune-teller but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Ridaro was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Through the years after Ridaro was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Ridaro's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 700 sp. Red-brown spinel (110 gp). 3 Acid flasks.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears dull tan sweaters, loose yellow pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed scimitar, just in case. She has shaved her head bald. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. 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: Symma was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She wears a green vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her green boots flare out at the collars. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has a dull look in her red eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. Recently the stress of being a Beggar has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and doesn't want to be a beggar and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Slave, Nature, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a pastel cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. His white fur is greasy and uncared for. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Selfish. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This woman wears a black collared shirt and green skirt. She accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her violet eyes.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born to a Barber, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Seamstress and was forced into it by her family; and to unite with her sister

Flaws: Terse, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'2" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a grey collared shirt and green pants. He accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has no hair. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is wearing a long, white cloak. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has achieved small success as a Body Guard.

Motivation: To protect his home; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her golden hair, when down, is lengthy. Her ears are large.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Layabout arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Anne wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

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

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Selfish, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 3000 cp.