Description: A pudgy woman standing about 2'8" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is dressed in a clean red cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her brown hair is still thick. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and he perpetually has his monstrous two handed axe ready. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. 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 son.

History: Pallabar was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has worked as a Servant like his mother before him.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to be a herbalist again

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Black pearl (300 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He is portly but not overly obese. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Orc culture. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. After a long history of fighting, Ogthrak and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many drow want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'2" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length red hair. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has slicked back brown hair. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She got into the Sellsword business at a young age. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Sellsword. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Shava lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Revenge; and doesn't want to be a armorer and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a violet tunic with blue highlights, and long violet pants that bunch up around his shoes. His hair is black and curly. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. 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 wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, In love, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull blue iron scale mail. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her parents enrolled her in a Bard school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Interpreter for hire.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is wearing a long, violet cloak. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his monstrous two handed axe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. His hair is short and black. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Aldous is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he's in love

Ideals: Artistic, Justice, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 8000 sp. Rose (20 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp).