Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Charles was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. Neega is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She hates drow. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born in the south to a Bricklayer, Balifra learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is an amazing painter.

History: Born in the north to a Knight, Sapply learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Peridot (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). 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 constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her fur is cinnamon, silky, and of moderate length. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Shifting was born on a far eastern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Brewer. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Attractive, In love. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. 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 got into the Architect business at a young age. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with pastel slacks. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. 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: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 170 gp. Amber (120 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp).

Description: She wears a tan vest and prefers white and grey shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'1" when asserting herself. Her auburn hair is cut short. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 700 sp. Golden pearl (60 gp).

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner, and he perpetually has his monstrous two handed axe ready. His tied-back hair is silver. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Baz is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Baz was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. After a long history of fighting, Baz and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 500 gp. Emerald (1300 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Onyx (20 gp).