Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'2" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is renowned for his bright grey suits and hats. His hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Gerald hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: She wears a grey tunic with black highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes, and she perpetually has her greataxe ready. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. 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: Wants her loneliness to end; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Slave, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: A 3'1" southern man, he wears a red cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. The war was a terrible time for him, and Ortegar does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Ortegar was born with his mother's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He came across an abandoned tomb where he found a relic that called out to him. After picking it up he was cursed by unlife.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Religious. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a green cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are a pleasant black.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Damaia will drive conversation. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Gifted from a young age, Damaia studied abroad. 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 worked as a Doctor like her mother before her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She wears a brown shirt, with a yellow mid length skirt with yellow tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her red fur is knotted and matted. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the east. 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 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She sports violet clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: She was born in the north. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Elves in Joan's homeland. Joan decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Fighting. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His crest is short and black. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 90 gp. Golden pearl (90 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with tan colored cloaks and clothing. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and to be a laborer again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 sp.