Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. She has no hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Nissa was born on a far northern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Ruler. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Light steel shield. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This late middle aged man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane and is in decent physical shape. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Hematite (6 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Oriel is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has worked as a Spice Merchant like her mother before her.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 280 pp. Aquamarine (1600 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Jet (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He is portly but not overly obese. He has lavender fur. His copper eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Mortician profession.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. Recently the stress of being a Spy has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Flaws: Addict, Insomniac, Greedy. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (70 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp).

Description: This eastern woman wears a robe, a symbol of magic around her neck, and a monstrous two handed axe on her belt. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has brown hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the east. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Semyaza 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, Joker. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His copper crest is thinning but still full. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Mozikth wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Adept, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a green coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head. Her crest is copper and curly. Her gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dragonborns.

History: She was born in the north. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (20 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (20 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a blue vest and prefers black and pastel shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his crossbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. His tied-back hair is silver. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. 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 born in the north. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Disciplined, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Just what you see.