Description: An older woman who wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, she is not a threatening figure. She wears her red hair down. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born in the west. Aym was born on a far western mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Shepherd. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Shepherd for the past few years.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is light but she possesses many violet ritualistic tattoos. She is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She tends to her Mortician job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to be a apothecary again

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Nature, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 gp. Chalcedony (80 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp).

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She prefers to wear flannel. Her silver hair is braided into rings. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Ielenia was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Ielenia abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 60 gp. Red spinel (70 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears red painted combat armor at almost all times. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 80 gp. Amethyst (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She dresses well, wearing green shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She is physically well-built. Her hair is short and dark red. She has gleaming, smiling silver eyes.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. Being a Mortician kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 40 gp. Jet (160 gp).

Description: This man prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Guard profession.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother 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 ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Body Guard for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 5000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She is portly but not overly obese. Her chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Vapula lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (15 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 6'8" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He keeps his long silver crest kept up in a rat tail. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. A gifted student he started as a Shepherd, but he got bored and became a Barrister. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Barrister responsibilities is difficult; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a red coat with brown slacks. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 200 gp.