Description: He is wearing a long, black cloak. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Red garnet (100 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned female is well dressed, constantly wearing a red suit, black shirt, and pastel tie. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She sports blonde long hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She hates Halflings with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Born in the west to a Slave Trader, Nikki learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Nikki liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She tends to her Slave Trader job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and wants her loneliness to end

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Religious, Job, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has moderate length cinnamon fur. His copper eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. Shifting enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100 gp. Red garnet (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a grey costume with the symbols of death on his torso. His silver hair is long and unkept. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people; and half-elven compassion

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'2". She is typically in her Dyer uniform. Her purple hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady white eyes.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Dyer. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Dyer for the past few years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 600 gp.