Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is yellow, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his top tan hat.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Heian isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Tailor. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He wears violet trousers with yellow and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has a hunchback. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Selfish. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 5000 sp. Jet (120 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Carnelian (50 gp).

Description: She stands about 3'1" and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Shamil was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Bard, 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 Bard in service of a powerful lord somewhere. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Animal Trainer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 44000 sp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Breastplate.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. Her hair is short and golden. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father'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 made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and revenge

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Half-Elf, 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 6000 sp. Jade (50 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a green coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head. Her white crest is thinning but still full. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In her 13th 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 now mingles about in high society.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly hammers and morningstars. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the right. Her gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Beleth grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Beleth. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Disciplined, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with black slacks. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Stacee is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Stacee was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Job, In love. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears skinny pants and wears a grey and black robe with the hood down, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He wears his red hair down. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Solomon alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Revenge; and he wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: In love, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 2000 cp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.