Description: An older man who wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, he is not a threatening figure. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Miner.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Slave, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Solid gold idol (900 gp).

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with green colored cloaks and clothing. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly bows and sickles. He has no crest. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: Gargax hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. After months of barely getting by, Gargax managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He stands about 5'6" and tends to wear a large black jacket. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His blue hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 gp. Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Banded agate (11 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His white fur is singed and shortened. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: He seems to be bored by most things.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her silver hair is knotted and matted. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Buvvie was born the youngest of three triplets. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and doesn't want to be a mercenary and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman is renowned for her bright tan dresses and hats. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her auburn hair is wavy and long. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. 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: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 600 gp. Banded agate (12 gp). Rose (60 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. He has styled his dark red hair well, parting it to the right. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. 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: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 30000 cp.