Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has wavy auburn hair. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 400 gp. Star rose quartz (50 gp). Coral (80 gp).

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He is typically in his Beggar uniform. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He keeps his auburn hair in a pixie cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. 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 Beggar. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Pacifist, Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 sp. Rhodochrosite (12 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 4'8". He wears blue trousers with violet and pastel striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, and his gloved hand is found clutching a warhammer. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Erdan grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Shy, Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has amber eyes and a black hat with a grey feather.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Ekk liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Merchant they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Mayor, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 400 gp. 6 Acid flasks. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat, and is pretty ugly. She has wavy white hair. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Ahlyssa was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Military. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Thiala was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: In love, Military, Religious. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length red crest. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He likes to wear violet tank tops with grey pants. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he wants revenge against brigands

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she dresses like a well dressed Spice Merchant does. She sports a flattop hair cut. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Manea enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: The child of a Adventurer, who enjoyed hunting, Manea was taken on many hunting expeditions. 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 west. She struck the Spice Merchant job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 600 sp.