Description: This late middle aged man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times and is in decent physical shape. He has moderate length golden hair. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Orcs in Ratlûg's homeland. Ratlûg decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ratlûg fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Dwarven people; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a white vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her white boots flare out at the collars. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her silver hair is wavy and long. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Grai hails from a village terrorized by giants. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His scarlet crest is braided into rings. He is baby faced.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her mother's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered dire rats who tried to eat her hand. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 140 gp. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears skinny pants and wears a violet and black robe with the hood down. His hair is red and curly. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Bellfounder born in the past three hundred years. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. John 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. John decided he wanted neither the life of his father 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. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 4000 gp. Rose (50 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Brown diamond (3000 gp). Citrine (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. His golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Aramil isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 2000 gp. Azurite (8 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Coral (100 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born into a rich family. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He prefers to wear flannel, marred by beers. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 40000 sp.

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He is portly but not overly obese. His silver hair is braided into rings. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

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. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He's also a talented Interpreter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. Jasper (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.