Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His hair is silver and very short. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Paelias was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 3200 sp. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: An older woman who sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, she is not a threatening figure. Her silver hair is greasy and uncared for. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 120 pp. Hematite (12 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length silver crest. Her ears are large.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Sculptor born in the past three hundred years. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Nala lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her childhood dream was to be a Mason, but she was a colossal failure. She has worked as a Sculptor like her mother before her.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Cartwright. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to be a crown-heir again

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 12000 cp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a black cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 300 gp. Jet (50 gp). Iolite (30 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has moderate length white hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

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 dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His hair is blonde and curly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Erky is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is an amazing painter.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.