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. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. Vonana enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. 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. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Vonana was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Banded agate (15 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Rose (60 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears bulky blue painted plate armor. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Job, Attractive. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Eye agate (12 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Jade (160 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has a long silver ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. 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 born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Malquis was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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: She's repulsed by the PC; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 pp. Violet garnet (1100 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Coral (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Baker. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Ivellios lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents enrolled him in a Commoner school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. Being a Baker 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 is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has moderate length red hair. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Hunter grew up listening to his father's many stories. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful, Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 30 gp. Rose (80 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she prefers to wear flannel. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Gifted from a young age, Loopmottin studied abroad. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She has a missing left arm. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her blonde hair is thinning but still full. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Baelitae was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Warrior, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Warrior in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 900 gp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Assassin. Her scarlet crest is unkempt and raggedy. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against drow; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 11000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (90 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Silver ewer (90 gp). Silver ewer (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. She wears skinny pants and wears a grey and white robe with the hood down. She has a hunchback. She has wavy blonde hair. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. 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-sister.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 80 gp.