Description: This western man wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His clothes are grease stained in places. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He got into the Mercenary business at a young age. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a blue costume with the symbols of death on her torso. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has slicked back white hair. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature greatsword.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body and is in decent physical shape. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 18000 cp.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He is portly but not overly obese. His brown hair is knotted and matted. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He is an amazing painter.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. Through the years after Dain was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Dain's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and brown handkerchief worn on his left side. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 30 pp.