Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has brown eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Depressed, Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Hematite (8 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he is greedy

Ideals: Pacifist, Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 12000 cp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His lavender fur is still thick. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Barrister arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'2" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with red slacks. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. 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 has a crush on the local Mercenary; and he is greedy

Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Orc in existence. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Tomph lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was taken from her home at a very young age. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Justice, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (10 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull grey iron scale mail. His hair is cut close to his head. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Ghash was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Ghash decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears brown trousers with blue and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He keeps his long yellow fur kept up in a rat tail. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a Laborer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He is a Lycanthrope in disguise. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 2100 gp. Emerald (400 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Moss agate (4 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

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 refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Mortician. He has worked as a Mortician like his father before him.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 4000 gp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Star ruby (600 gp).

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He has wavy brown hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. At some point he was captured by illithids and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Slave. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.