Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She dresses like a well dressed Merchant does. She has a hunchback. She keeps her golden hair in a flapper bob. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She worked as a nervous Merchant and found it very stressful. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Merchant.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wants to open a new tavern

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

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a black shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and green pants. With bright silver hair. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. A freak accident while working with her Farmer mother left her crippled. She has achieved small success as a Navigator.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has silver hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born in the south. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the south were limited. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born in the south to a Adventurer, Althaea learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Obsidian (12 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears a pastel coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head and is in decent physical shape. He keeps his black fur in a pixie cut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Sellsword arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Hematite (7 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull grey iron scale mail. She carries with her a set of glaives on her belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. She wears a colorful flower in her red fur. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep copper.

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 has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has blonde hair. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Nora enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Mortician hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She bought a warhammer and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Pink pearl (130 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. His red crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Addict, Shy, Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 20 gp.