Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a red collared shirt and pastel pants. He accessorizes with a red scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He found a children's book about a Halfling Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Blue quartz (14 gp).

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. With wild blonde hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. 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 was born into a rich family. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Gurdis was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'11" when asserting herself. Her silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Weaver. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Weaver.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 7000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'2" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He has black hair. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his small white hat.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'0". He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. His fur is white and curly. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: River was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Eye agate (12 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a worn and beaten armor, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His red hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has a dull look in his white eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Pelaios was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Server hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: In love, Poor, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (80 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the right. She has green eyes and a tan hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. After a long history of fighting, Lia and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp).