Description: This tall, slender man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears his dark red hair up. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his silver eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

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. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Pelaios was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 400 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She wears a colorful flower in her lavender fur. Her yellow eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Bounty Hunter and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (50 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, blue shirt, and green tie. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his right hand. His rusty crest has been sun bleached extensively. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the south were limited. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 200 gp. Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp).

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose yellow pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around her ears. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Griselda embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her childhood dream was to be a Healer, but she was a colossal failure. After a long history of fighting, Griselda and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 40000 cp. Violet garnet (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a fancy violet dress. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Jane is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. Some 9 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Jane never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature, In love, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Obsidian (11 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. His crest is cut close to his head. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. 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 to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents enrolled him in a Adept school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. Being a Herbalist kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This dark-skinned male is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Guard. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His head has been shaved. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Theodoric hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a white Stetson hat and white clothes. Her golden hair, when down, is lengthy. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Thea was born the youngest of three triplets. A gifted student she started as a Healer, but she got bored and became a Armorer. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 270 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and is pretty ugly. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. Her green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Ermina lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her parents were killed by drow in a raid when she was still a young child. The drow captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by drow. Ermina was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Artistic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 6000 cp.