Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with brown slacks. Her black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). Some 9 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Aline never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 600 gp. Peridot (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright pastel and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems and is in decent physical shape. His hair is silver and curly. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. He worked as a nervous Tanner and found it very stressful. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His hair is short and golden. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp).

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She is portly but not overly obese. She keeps her auburn hair in a pixie cut. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Sellsword. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Expand her business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 400 gp.