Description: This malnourished woman wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her purple hair has been sun bleached extensively. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

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 always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. Through the years after Nija was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Nija's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Nija and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears bulky grey painted plate armor. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. The war was a terrible time for him, and Oskar does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Oskar was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Alexandrite (300 gp).

Description: This eastern woman wears a fancy red dress. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has slicked back white hair. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. 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 parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she dresses like a well dressed Cartwright does. Her golden hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Ilanis embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of goblins may trigger it at times.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Ilanis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. She has worked as a Cartwright like her father before her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears skinny pants and wears a grey and white robe with the hood down. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a crown-heir again

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant, Family, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with brown slacks. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He got into the Adventurer business at a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Adventurer. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. His hair is blue and very short. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. 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 nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her sai with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Sporting a golden mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: This woman loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. When Sumnes reached her early adolescence her Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his nunchaku, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. His head has been shaved. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Ivellios is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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 eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Slave. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 280 gp.