Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. Her long white hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Abalaba hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. When Abalaba reached her early adolescence her Gnome father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls; and to pay off her debts

Bonds: Enemies, Family, Military, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 2200 gp.

Description: 3'0" and muscular, this western woman prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her black hair is singed and shortened. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has wavy dark red hair. His black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave 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 mountains due to the painful memories there. Cressel took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up club and armor he uses now. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Military, Nature. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His black hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Marshal. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the north were limited. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 280 gp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Azurite (13 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 4'5". He wears a brown coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. His hair is short and golden. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He became a Herbalist soon after.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'8" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His bronze crest is lengthy. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Born to a Actor, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Actor. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Actor; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Poor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 4000 gp. Rose (50 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 4'11". He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has moderate length golden hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Elf in existence. 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: Gifted from a young age, Dayereth studied abroad. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Slave. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 12000 cp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her brown hair is lengthy. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. 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 a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Through the years after Ilde was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Ilde's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ilde fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 40000 cp. Aquamarine (1500 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a brown vest and prefers black and green shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1900 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.