Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. He carries with him a set of monstrous two handed axes on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. He has brown hair. His eyes are amber and beady.

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. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a blue wide-brimmed hat and blue clothes. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

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. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 3000 gp. Rose (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His hair is chestnut and curly. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Bookbinder. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. A friendly and beautiful Half-Orc, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bookbinder.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Attractive. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Mara hails from a village terrorized by illithids. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies, Slave, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1300 sp. Tourmaline (110 gp).

Description: She usually wears her white robe and has her trident always slung over her shoulder. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Painter. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and she has a crush on the local bather

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Painter

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family, Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is typically in his Healer uniform. He wears a colorful flower in his red fur. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Kite was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He struck the Healer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 12000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a tan costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso, and is pretty ugly. Her long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Nyx hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Nyx lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Family, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her black hair is wavy and long. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She is a Hag in disguise. Her childhood dream was to be a Stylist, but she was a colossal failure. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 40 pp.