Description: Standing 3'2", this woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her black hair is braided into rings. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Vani was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Sensitive, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 16000 cp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His crest is white and very short. His red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1000 sp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Mercenary arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. After a long history of fighting, Avelina and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a blue shirt with thin white vertical stripes and violet pants. She sports white long hair. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. 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: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100 pp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (80 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (80 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (80 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'9". He wears baggy violet pantaloons and a blue scarf. He sports a flattop hair cut. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Gilbert hails from a village terrorized by goblins. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive, Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Guardian. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 150 pp. Banded agate (8 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and green handkerchief worn on her right side. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 2000 gp. Azurite (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a black costume with the symbols of his god on his torso, he is not a threatening figure. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Dûgza was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He's in love; and he has a crush on the local herbalist

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Aquamarine (800 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. He carries a battered longsword and tarnished nunchaku as well. He has styled his bronze crest well, parting it to the left. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. 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. Gorbundus fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, In love, Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Jet (100 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. Her yellow fur is knotted and matted. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Quick grew up listening to her father's many stories. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has achieved small success as a Barkeep.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1500 gp. Aquamarine (1400 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp).