Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His brown hair is singed and shortened. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Thomas was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 3100 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Rose (50 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Carnelian (50 gp).

Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. With bright white hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 900 pp. Deep green spinel (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Jet (50 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He wears a black vest and prefers yellow and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has a hunchback. His hair is long and red with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is his passion.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull black iron scale mail. Sporting a white mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Conrad was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 pp. Gold music box (4000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Gold and ruby ring (4000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'11" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He has done his best to style his beige fur to look like a famous performer. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 800 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a simple brown robe with black stripes complete with hood. His tied-back hair is auburn. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. 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, Fargrim is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He is a Deep Scion in disguise. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Halfling companion (his 'brother'). He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She wears a white vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her white boots flare out at the collars. She wears her golden hair down. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her small white hat.

Personality: Tawna speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 350 gp. Peridot (20 gp). Rose (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp).

Description: He wears professional attire. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. 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 west. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. Deep green spinel (150 gp). Azurite (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'2" when asserting herself. She keeps her long brass crest kept up in a rat tail. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Mason born in the past three hundred years. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born in the south. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the south were limited. She struck the Mason job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

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

Possessions: 800 gp.