Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a blue coat. His brown hair is singed and shortened. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 26000 sp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is wearing a long, blue cloak. His silver hair is singed and shortened. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He uses divination through singing.

History: Rolen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sword.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'5" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is dressed in a clean yellow cloak covering his clean studded leather. His black hair is unkempt and raggedy. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He worked as a nervous Scribe and found it very stressful. He became a Scribe soon after.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 3'5" and muscular, this western woman is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Shoemaker. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his green robe. His blue hair is matted, messy, and big. His black eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He bought a longbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Spice Merchant. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his right hand. He has shaved his head bald. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. While he appears to be a normal Human, 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 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.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 20 gp. Amber (130 gp).

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. He has no hair. His ears are large.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Bagabug lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Blacksmith and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1700 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Through the years after Skoth was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Skoth's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 2400 gp. Violet garnet (1400 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Jade (110 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp).

Description: She stands about 6'1" and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She has no hair. Her red eyes peer out from beneath her broad green hat.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Through the years after Criella was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Criella's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.