Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Black pearl (1200 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. She has styled her red crest well, parting it to the left. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is a great chef.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Farideh grew up listening to her father's many stories. After coming to the age of reason, Farideh took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She wears a simple grey robe with tan stripes complete with hood. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has slicked back auburn hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Joan liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Military, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 100 sp. Sardonyx (70 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Oda was born the youngest of three triplets. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Apothecary they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Carpenter, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 50 gp. Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Iolite (70 gp).

Description: She wears just a blue suit. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her hand crossbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. Her golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Xanaphia is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and to be a cartwright again

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Family, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 12000 sp. Lapis lazuli (11 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Thervan is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Navigator arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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 has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Joser was raised in a hard working conservative environment. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, 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's also a talented Soapmaker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and doesn't want to be a miller and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: She prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. She is portly but not overly obese. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 21000 cp. Malachite (15 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

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. A freak accident while working with her Sailor father left her crippled. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 80 pp. Amethyst (40 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Jasper (70 gp).