Description: 6'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His black hair is thinning but still full. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His blue hair is thinning but still full. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. 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. Zephan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. With bright chestnut hair. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Phann speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. 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 the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. She has styled her white hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. Audhild is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Audhild was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Family, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 3 Smokesticks.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Ulfgar was born with his mother's beautiful face. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Ulfgar was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with green colored cloaks and clothing. His green crest is long and unkept. His ears are large.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Courier arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Through the years after Fax was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Fax's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. Her red hair is lengthy. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Pennie was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. After coming to the age of reason, Pennie took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 60 pp.