Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he usually wears his yellow robe and has his ceremonial dagger always slung over his shoulder. His hair is short and blonde. His ears are large.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. 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 is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Bertram was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many brigands want him driven away

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has done his best to style his white crest to look like a famous performer. His fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: She is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak. She is physically well-built. Her silver hair is still thick. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. While she appears to be a normal Half-Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. Being a Gardener kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Full Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. Her red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She tends to her Dilettante job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and expand her business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. She carries with her a set of hand crossbows on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. Her red crest is matted, messy, and big. Her gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Through the years after Saphara was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Saphara's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Saphara fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He carries with him a set of crossbows on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. At a young age his father died while driving off some gnolls. His mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in crossbow use. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and he wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Moss agate (9 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 6'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is wearing a long, black cloak. His gold crest is smooth and relatively long. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gold eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Mozikth was born on a far southern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Body Guard. He has worked as a Body Guard like his mother before him.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and to be a map maker again

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 130 pp. Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has a missing left arm. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. Her chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. Her silver eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Ishte isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Tiefling unity. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Ishte was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His red hair is heavily combed to the left. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Orc activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Orc doctor. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and half-orc compassion

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp).