Description: She is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. She prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. She has a hunchback. Her auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She uses divination through singing.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Neega grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 800 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She tends to wear a green poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her gold crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. 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: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Mundane, Fearful, Depressed. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She stands about 5'4" and is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and brown handkerchief worn on her left side. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Rosamund alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Rosamund was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Has a crush, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His hair is cut close to his head. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. After coming to the age of reason, Thrak took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Barber for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Painter again; and balancing his hectic life and new barber responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1000 gp. Deep green spinel (60 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a tight fitting red shirt and pants. Her white hair is greasy and uncared for. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job, Military. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She carries a battered longbow and tarnished shortspear as well. Her black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: Agnes was born the youngest of three triplets. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Agnes 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; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears professional attire. With bright black hair. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. Drusilia was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Drusilia decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a brown shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and red pants, and is pretty ugly. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born in the west. His parents enrolled him in a Wizard school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. After a long history of fighting, Harbek and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he wants revenge against orcs

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1400 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.