Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His hair is golden and curly. He has brown eyes and a blue hat with a black feather.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Paelias hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. His parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when he was still a young child. The gnolls captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She stands about 4'1" and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears a colorful flower in her red hair. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Nalaed embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'2" and wears a red tunic with pastel highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Fargas hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: A 3'2" northern woman, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. With bright red hair. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Painter born in the past three hundred years. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and balancing her hectic life and new painter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Job, Religious, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 gp. 2 Holy water. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. While he appears to be a normal Half-Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 5000 cp.