Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears tattered old clothes. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Aelar was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Bard, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Bard in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: She wears long strands of ruby and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She carries a battered rapier and tarnished nunchaku as well. She has wavy bronze crest. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a brown collared shirt and grey pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His brown fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are yellow and beady.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. Two Llamas liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He carries a battered greataxe and tarnished bastard sword as well. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He dropped out of school to support his sick mother, and resented it. 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: He is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is lean but muscular and very much looks the part of a Sage. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His white unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Amnon was born with his mother's beautiful face. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He's also a talented Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 2000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts. Her lavender fur is unkempt and raggedy. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born in the west to a Baker, Serpent learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Baker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Baker for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. His brown hair is knotted and matted. His fierce black eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Chem was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His parents enrolled him in a Adept school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Unemployed for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Herbalist again; and balancing his hectic life and new unemployed responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1600 gp. Star rose quartz (40 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Jet (90 gp).