Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His silver hair is thinning but still full. He is baby faced.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to be a layabout again

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'8", this woman wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is an amazing painter.

History: Helen lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her hair is auburn and curly. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Ella was born the youngest of three triplets. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has achieved small success as a Bookbinder.

Motivation: Revenge; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 27000 sp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with red slacks. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Half-Orc culture. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Many drow want her driven away; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Slurs words

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

Description: This western woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her whip with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the west were limited. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 200 pp.

Description: This woman wears brown trousers with green and black striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He is physically well-built. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. He has brown eyes and a brown hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: Rolf was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. 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: Many drow want him driven away; and he wants revenge against drow

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a brown collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt, and he perpetually has his mace ready. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a tattooed face.

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 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: Ulfgar was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ulfgar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 3000 sp. Aquamarine (300 gp).

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. She wears her chestnut hair down. This brown eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the west. As a very small child her family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. Her mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect her and cast a teleportation spell that whisked her away. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1000 sp.