Description: This younger middle-aged man wears yellow leather gloves, a yellow jacket, and tight pants, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Norman never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Insane, Secretive, Insomniac. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her brown hair is lengthy. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Bolhild will drive conversation. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: The child of a Barkeep, who enjoyed hunting, Bolhild was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Elven people; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Religious, Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 9000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her black hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Born to a Painter, his mother struggled to pay the bills. After coming to the age of reason, Rael took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rael fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Pink pearl (40 gp). Eye agate (9 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

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. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he is greedy

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 260 pp.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She likes to wear tan tank tops with red skirt. She has auburn hair. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Shanairla speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Shanairla took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up hand crossbow and armor she uses now. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Cook they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Bricklayer, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Military, Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Breastplate. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: She wears pastel trousers with white and black striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She carries with her a set of bastard swords on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. Her cinnamon fur is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are yellow.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. 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, Spring is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 500 gp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is short and purple. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady silver eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Merchant they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Detective, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her white hair is thinning but still full. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Vepar grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her first spouse was a Dilettante, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tiefling artifacts is her passion; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Malachite (14 gp).