Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has a very tight haircut. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed violet hat.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Himo enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Gifted from a young age, Himo studied abroad. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature scythe.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears long strands of ruby and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp).

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her kukri, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. Her brown hair is braided into rings. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the north were limited. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 290 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. His red hair is singed and shortened. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. She wears suspenders and white workpants. Her shirt is violet, and she wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. She has a hunchback. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 220 gp. Deep green spinel (70 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp).