Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing a long, violet cloak. His hair is long and red with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small violet clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. After coming to the age of reason, Diggory took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a grey shirt with thin black vertical stripes and yellow pants. She has wavy auburn hair. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

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

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Slave, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his rapier with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He carries with him a set of rapiers on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around his ears. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents enrolled him in a Ranger school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She keeps her brown hair in a flapper bob. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Tyna is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Tyna was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'4" when asserting himself. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Dayereth was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he wants revenge against illithids

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 5000 gp. Azurite (14 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has a very tight haircut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He found a children's book about a Half-Orc Aristocrat who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. Her lavender fur is still thick. Her yellow eyes peer out from beneath her feathered brown hat.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her first spouse was a Carpenter, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She's in love; and wants her loneliness to end

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1100 gp. Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Rose (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp).

Description: Standing 5'5", this woman wears a blue costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She was taken from her home at a very young age. 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: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Secretive, Mundane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1700 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

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. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and balancing her hectic life and new mortician responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 31000 sp.