Description: He dresses well, wearing red shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is long and brown with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small red clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. His green eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker red hat.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Nelkin was born with his father's beautiful face. 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: He is greedy; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 300 gp. Black pearl (600 gp). Sard (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears long strands of jet and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has a long chestnut ponytail with little hanging trinkets. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are a pleasant copper.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tabaxis.

History: The child of a Spice Merchant, who enjoyed hunting, Flask was taken on many hunting expeditions. Flask was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Flask decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Doctor.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to be a spice merchant again

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Nature, Job, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp).

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Oriff is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Oriff was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: An older man who is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak, he is not a threatening figure. His white hair is cut short. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Ur-Dag is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Gifted from a young age, Ur-Dag studied abroad. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Layabout

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

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a red costume with the symbols of death on his torso, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'4" when asserting himself. His black hair is still thick. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ulblyn grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He's in love; and obtaining odd cultural tiefling artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 70 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). 1 Hourglass.

Description: She wears a tan tunic with green highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Revenge; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 8000 cp. 1 Disguise kit. 1 Bullseye lantern. 1 Backpack.

Description: 5'3" and muscular, this northern man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Chad liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He bought a ceremonial dagger and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is dark but she possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She wears her brown hair up. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. 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: A powerful slaver made her what she is. 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 has achieved small success as a Spy.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.