Description: Standing 5'8", this man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He is baby faced.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. Aquamarine (300 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'1". She wears a black shirt with thin white vertical stripes and green pants. Her crest is blue and curly. Her gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. 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 into a rich family. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dragonborns in Antrara's homeland. Antrara decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new mercenary responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Opinionated, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 500 sp. Onyx (80 gp).

Description: He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a green scarf. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has no fur. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Shifting was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Shifting decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Sporting a silver mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Mara was born with her mother's beautiful face. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 6000 cp. Silver pearl (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This woman wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

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

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat, and is pretty ugly. Her golden hair is cut short. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Heather will drive conversation. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is dressed in an above average manner. She has shaved her head bald. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born to a Server, her father struggled to pay the bills. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to pay off her debts

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1 Breastplate.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner, and carries spears. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Chrysoprase (70 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is typically in her Stableman uniform. With wild auburn hair. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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 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: Born in the west to a Stableman, Bree learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Stableman responsibilities is difficult; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 400 gp. Sardonyx (70 gp).