Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a shield on his belt. He has a hunchback. His head has been shaved. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His childhood dream was to be a Bookbinder, but he was a colossal failure. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 90 gp. Amber (110 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She typically wears pastel cloth garments or leather armor. Her yellow fur is unkempt and raggedy. Her ears are large.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of drow once and for all.

History: The child of a Gardener, who enjoyed hunting, Five was taken on many hunting expeditions. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Fortune-teller hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by drow. Five was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 8000 cp. Sard (80 gp).

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. With wild black hair. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Gifted from a young age, Grigi studied abroad. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a green vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his green boots flare out at the collars. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the right. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Brewer business.

History: Mormo was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Brewer for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Mercenary again; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 4000 gp.

Description: She wears a brown vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her brown boots flare out at the collars. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length golden hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Military. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Whurdred grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Whurdred. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: This northern man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Reirak was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy gray fur. He usually wears his pastel robe and has his glaive always slung over his shoulder. He has a hunchback. His gray fur, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: Skirt wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Warlock, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. 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 compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 7000 sp. A silver and pearl hairclip (20 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor. His hair is chestnut and curly. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Courier arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Ulfgar took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up longsword and armor he uses now. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 3000 gp. Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Red garnet (40 gp).