Description: 6'2" and muscular, this northern woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her fur is black and curly. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She got into the Barrister business at a young age. After coming to the age of reason, Ethereal took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 4000 cp. Azurite (9 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, blue shirt, and tan tie. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Varis hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Banker. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Varis was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 2100 sp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp).

Description: She typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. She carries with her a set of spears, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was born into a rich family. In her 12th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Susannah alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 100 gp. Jet (80 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). 3 Smokesticks.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His red hair is matted, messy, and big. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: Wiggens wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Warlock, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born in the west. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Eran embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. A true patriot, Eran would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Beggar arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. After coming to the age of reason, Akoth took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 140 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. He carries with him a set of clubs, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His golden hair is braided into rings. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Tordek 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 Tordek. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She has blonde hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 300 pp. Eye agate (4 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Carnelian (80 gp).