Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'2" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Peren was born with his father's beautiful face. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Peren fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 gp. Violet garnet (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her black hair is heavily combed to the left. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Tanner who has hired her part-time. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born in the east. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 20 pp. Chrysoberyl (80 gp). 3 Smokesticks.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'3". She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She wears a colorful flower in her red hair. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born to a Bricklayer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. After a long history of fighting, Falkrunn and her spouse have recently divorced.

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

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 50 gp. Rock crystal (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She has a missing left arm. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has wavy golden hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This woman wears tattered old clothes. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She wears her brown hair down. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 300 gp.