Description: A pudgy man standing about 2'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears tattered old clothes. He has brown hair. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: She is lean but muscular and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Maiathah is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She uses divination through singing.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her scarlet crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. Her eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature whip.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 190 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears an entirely tan suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She has a long white ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

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 is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Being born in the east, 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 east 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. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He wears a violet coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his glaive, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Greedy, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 200 gp.