Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with yellow slacks. She has wavy red hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Full Plate.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His black hair is thinning but still full. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Odo lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Onyx (80 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a simple white robe with blue stripes complete with hood. His white hair is thinning but still full. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Theobald lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Gifted, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 100 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a white coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 200 gp.