Description: This tall, slender man wears a brown vest and prefers tan and grey shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His long golden hair reaches down to his waist. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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 terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Dain was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Sard (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Rose (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a black collared shirt and grey pants. He accessorizes with a pastel scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease, Insane. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 700 gp. Star rose quartz (70 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor. He is an epitome of beauty. He has moderate length auburn hair. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born in the south. His first spouse was a Painter, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 sp. Jet (150 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft red waves gently in the breeze. He has a hunchback. His red hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are likewise white.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Bathin was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He tends to his Weaver job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He tends to wear a large yellow jacket. He carries with him a set of lances, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has moderate length brown hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Hugh lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hugh fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. Her skin is light but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has moderate length golden hair. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Vorka grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He wears his black fur up. He has copper eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A freak accident while working with his Barrister father left him crippled. He tends to his Cook job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Fearful, Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 300 pp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Rose (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. Sporting a brown mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born to a Adventurer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new blacksmith responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 290 gp.