Description: He is lean but muscular and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Masseuse. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. His ears are large.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Born in the north to a Masseuse, Richard learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Job, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 90 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (120 gp).

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is mildly Halfling supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman dresses well, wearing violet shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Depressed, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a black shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and violet pants. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly longswords and flails. His black hair is knotted and matted. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. To his fellows he 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: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Astar abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Astar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 30 pp. Hematite (11 gp). Rose (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Rose (60 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 4'7". She wears baggy blue pantaloons and a grey scarf, and her gloved hand is found clutching a greataxe. Her hair is silver and curly. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. 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 is content; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is typically in her Performer uniform. She keeps her auburn hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Job, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She is an epitome of beauty. She has wavy silver hair. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.