Description: She sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She is physically well-built. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 8000 sp. Eye agate (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his yellow robe. His crest is rusty and curly. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Barkeep who has hired him part-time. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly glaives and sais. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. Fenriz 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. Fenriz 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 500 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear green clothing when she does not wear armor, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'1" when asserting herself. Her red crest is singed and shortened. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has dedicated herself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Shy, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Dalaba fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 700 gp. Blue star sapphire (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He likes to wear green tank tops with blue pants. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a dull look in his black eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Knight but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

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. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 12000 gp. Sardonyx (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Coral (140 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He is physically well-built. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon 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 forest due to the painful memories there. Roondar took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up sai and armor he uses now. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Freshwater pearl (6 gp).

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. He is portly but not overly obese. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His yellow unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

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 martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. 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 feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears just a black suit. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. She has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

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: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 40 pp. Red spinel (80 gp).