Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'0" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has a very tight haircut. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. 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: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. At some point he was captured by gnolls and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Revenge; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She keeps her long beige fur kept up in a rat tail. She is baby faced.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Emerald embodies much of what other species detest in the Tabaxis. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. After a long history of fighting, Emerald and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 4000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Citrine (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light grey in addition to tight pants. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the north. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: 5'9" and muscular, this western man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. His blonde hair is braided into rings. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Gifted from a young age, Randal studied abroad. His parents enrolled him in a Bard school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 16000 cp. Carnelian (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. Her hair is short and red. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her mother's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered giants who tried to eat her hand. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Eva was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 150 gp. Bloodstone (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This tall, slender woman prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things.

Flaws: Shy, Selfish, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Bagga was born with his father's beautiful face. A freak accident while working with his Navigator father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Pacifist, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 130 gp.