Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he prefers to wear flannel. His hair is long and white with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His ears are large.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He took after his father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his father taught him to defend himself. When his father died while fighting brigands, the young Chad began to lead the lost caravan. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: A 5'10" southern woman, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. With wild white hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Animal Trainer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 800 gp. White opal (700 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is dark but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He wears a red tunic with black highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He is a Hag in disguise. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Godfrey grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Godfrey. He became a Carter soon after.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 700 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp).

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her red hair is lengthy. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 600 gp.