Description: He stands about 6'4" and wears baggy green pantaloons and a white scarf. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He has dark red hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his mother's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered brigands who tried to eat his hand. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against brigands; and many brigands want him driven away

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. His skin is light but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Ulfgar was born with his father's beautiful face. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and doesn't want to be a knight and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears many layers of old clothing at all times, she is not a threatening figure. She has slicked back chestnut hair. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Fortune-teller. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

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. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She's also a talented Soapmaker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Backpack.

Description: This woman wears long strands of amber and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her copper crest is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. 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 has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and a deep hatred of illithids

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and is pretty ugly. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are silver.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. 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: Further expansion of business; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family, Nature, Debt. Occupation: Bellfounder

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

Possessions: 1800 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. She has a very tight haircut. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She got into the Fisher business at a young age. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and many drow want her driven away

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. 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 raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Sage arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1700 gp. Chrysoberyl (70 gp).

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 very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. Her black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Dutch accent

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

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.