Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his feathered white hat.

Personality: He is mildly Halfling supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Nelkin was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and revenge

Flaws: Racist, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 3'2". She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with white colored cloaks and clothing, and her gloved hand is found clutching a greataxe. She has slicked back black hair. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Olivia never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Military, In love. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1200 gp. Rock crystal (30 gp). Jet (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Hematite (11 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty red coat over it, and he perpetually has his mace ready. His black hair is braided into rings. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His first spouse was a Barrister, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Barrister they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Miller, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a grey collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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 is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: The child of a Ruler, who enjoyed hunting, Barbena was taken on many hunting expeditions. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Barbena took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up sickle and armor she uses now. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears professional attire. Her golden hair is well kept. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 2'10" when asserting herself. Her blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her ears are large.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Nikki is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nikki grew up listening to her father's many stories. A gifted student she started as a Servant, but she got bored and became a Actor. She tends to her Actor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 4000 gp. Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 4'2". He very much looks the part of a Tanner. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: To be a Spy again.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 270 gp. Onyx (50 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp).