Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His brown hair is lengthy. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He is a Lamia in disguise. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He carries a battered glaive and tarnished greatsword as well. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Hogar took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up greatsword and armor he uses now. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hogar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 10000 sp. Azurite (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Iolite (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. Her brown hair is braided into rings. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. 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 grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gifted student she started as a Junk Dealer, but she got bored and became a Architect. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing. She has wavy silver hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Dalaba enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Half-Elven compassion; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist, Racist. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 sp. Star rose quartz (80 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length orange fur. His copper eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker pastel hat.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

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

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp).

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. 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 to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). Silver ewer (40 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and is wearing a tight blue one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length blonde hair. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Oppleby grew up listening to his father's many stories. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Oppleby has worked very hard to control his curse. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 300 gp. Moonstone (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item.