Description: Runty and weak-looking, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He sports a flattop crest cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Vrondiss enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a Hunter, his mother struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and expand his business

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Hourglass. 1 Simple lock.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man has a large yellow mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his green robe. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her copper crest is knotted and matted. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To be a Mortician again.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

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

History: She was born in a small island village. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Fistula was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Guardian, Nature, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and 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 wavy gold crest. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Guardian, Military. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This eastern man wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born to a Scribe, his mother struggled to pay the bills. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Nature. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 70 gp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp).

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His hair is short and golden. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He bought a quarterstaff and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, In love. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly warhammers and longbows. Her crest is cut close to her head. Her eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Pyxrin was born with her father's beautiful face. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Elven activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Elven doctor. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Half-Elven compassion; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Beggar

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

Possessions: 50 gp. Deep green spinel (50 gp). 1 Buckler.

Description: She dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with blue slacks, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'2" when asserting herself. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. She has a tattooed face.

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 a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Marastyr has worked very hard to control her curse. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Glassblower.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 400 sp.