Description: This slender woman stands about 4'10". She is dressed in an above average manner. Her hair is long and silver with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small black clips. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Engong was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Professionalism, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned female likes to wear ponchos typically of a light violet in addition to tight pants. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She sports blonde long hair. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Adelaide lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She worked as a nervous Armorer and found it very stressful. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: In love, Family, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 2000 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. He keeps his copper crest in a flapper bob. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Dragonborn in existence. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1000 gp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He likes to wear yellow tank tops with brown pants. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. He found a children's book about a Half-Elf Monk who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her tied-back hair is blonde. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a black coat with grey slacks. He wears his blonde hair up. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bellfounder hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. After a long history of fighting, Azaki and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She wears a red cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings, and she perpetually has her flail ready. She has slicked back chestnut hair. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1000 gp. Obsidian (16 gp). Rose (50 gp). Onyx (50 gp).

Description: This light-skinned female wears a grey shirt with thin yellow vertical stripes and black pants. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She is baby faced.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is a great chef.

History: She was born in the south. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the south were limited. After a long history of fighting, Emeny and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 110 gp. Violet garnet (200 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He wears long strands of emerald and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has a hunchback. His hair is short and red. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Iados was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. 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: Money/treasure; and to protect his home

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1000 gp. Onyx (60 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.