Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Full Plate. 1 Full Plate.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Blacksmith arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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 money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a yellow shirt with thin red vertical stripes and green pants. He wears his brown hair up. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 6000 sp. Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp).

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is renowned for her bright white dresses and hats. Her brown hair is well kept. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, drow burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying north to reunite her family. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Many drow want her driven away; and expand her business

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 4000 sp.