Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. He has gleaming, smiling silver eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Melech alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 90 gp. Hematite (12 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a blue costume with the symbols of luck on her torso. Sporting a auburn mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. Breena is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She keeps her long purple hair kept up in a rat tail. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Brewer for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Debt, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has no hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He is a Jackalwere in disguise. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bowyer responsibilities is difficult; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 20000 cp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His red hair is lengthy. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Dalgal was born with his mother's beautiful face. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Mason

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and is pretty ugly. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Verna hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Elven activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Elven doctor. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and half-elven compassion

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man wears a black deerstalker hat and black clothes. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His green crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Born in the north to a Detective, Heskan learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: In love, Job, Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 600 gp. Sardonyx (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.