Description: This woman is very fat, and wears just a brown suit. Her blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her feathered brown hat.

Personality: She is a Glassblower first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Ida lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 tends to her Glassblower job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 gp. Rhodochrosite (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he prefers to wear green clothing when he does not wear armor. His blonde hair is lengthy. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Hunter is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Hunter was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Bookbinder for the past few years.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She sports a flattop hair cut. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ahlyssa studied abroad. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Guardian. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 gp. Peridot (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has shaved her head bald. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She has all her life been fascinated with dancing.

History: The child of a Barber, who enjoyed hunting, Matilda was taken on many hunting expeditions. 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 has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Star ruby (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.