Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has moderate length red hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are white.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Nicor was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Being a Bowyer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 gp. Eye agate (12 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. She has wavy silver hair. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Urshar was born with her father's beautiful face. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a black wide-brimmed hat and black clothes. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her ears are large.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Vanchu was born the youngest of three triplets. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'2" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the east were limited. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: He wears a grey shirt with thin black vertical stripes and red pants. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. A gifted student he started as a Actor, but he got bored and became a Mortician. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 150 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). 4 Tanglefoot bags.