Description: She wears tattered old clothes, and carries longswords. Her black hair is braided into rings. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. 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. Althaea fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1000 cp. Freshwater pearl (4 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: She wears baggy blue pantaloons and a black scarf. She carries with her a set of flails on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. Her golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Performer who has hired her part-time. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Gifted from a young age, Leshanna studied abroad. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She's in love; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: An older woman who dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner, she is not a threatening figure. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dwarven conditions. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Tiefling people; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Backpack.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'2" and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Gardener arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. After a long history of fighting, Uthemar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 600 sp. Blue quartz (4 gp).

Description: This man wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his left hand. His tied-back hair is black. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He comes from a rich western family. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a black collared shirt and grey skirt. She accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. After a long history of fighting, Seere and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 sp. Hematite (10 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: An older man who wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs, he is not a threatening figure. He has a very tight haircut. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When Kelter reached his early adolescence his Halfling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Sensitive, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her spear with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'3" when asserting herself. Her long white hair reaches down to her waist. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. 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: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. She has a hunchback. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. While she appears to be a normal Tiefling, 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: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 100 gp.