Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the east were limited. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 270 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a pickaxe on his belt. He carries with him a set of pickaxes on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. His silver hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Trym was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Religious. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1000 pp. Gold music box (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has chestnut hair. He has black eyes.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: He got into the Shepherd business at a young age. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Shepherd hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 150 pp. White pearl (60 gp). Coral (60 gp). Rose (80 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Rose (80 gp).

Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Bendoo was born with her father's beautiful face. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Bendoo and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 2000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (9000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He is physically well-built. His red hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. Her auburn hair is still thick. She is baby faced.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her parents enrolled her in a Bard school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Sariel fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears tattered old clothes. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Disease. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Helja embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Helja and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 5'6" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He likes to wear yellow tank tops with white pants. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his small yellow hat.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Masseuse and was forced into it by his family.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 500 gp. Chalcedony (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item.