Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a red costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born to a Layabout, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Justice, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 600 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her brass crest is knotted and matted. Her ears are large.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Thava was born on a far southern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Mercenary. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 220 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Painter born in the past three hundred years. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Fearful, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak. He has auburn hair. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, In love, Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.