Description: An older man who prefers to wear flannel, he is not a threatening figure. His auburn hair is long and unkept. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His black hair is cut short. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Paelias grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has styled her auburn hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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 is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dwarven companion (her 'brother'). She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is mildly Gnome supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Slave, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. With wild blonde hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Anastrianna embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born in the south. Anastrianna was born on a far southern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Blacksmith. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 2600 sp. 1 Silk rope. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: She wears an entirely green suit with pastel socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her red crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Megren is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Megren was born with her father's beautiful face. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Being a Baker kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 6000 gp. Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Brown diamond (6000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Malachite (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born in the north to a Tanner, Philomena learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Tanner. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears skinny pants and wears a black and green robe with the hood down. His rusty crest is knotted and matted. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Rathkran wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Commoner, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Rathkran lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Engraver for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and doesn't want to be a engraver and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 10000 sp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp).

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker white hat.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Skoth embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Orcs. He is an amazing painter.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 300 pp. Black pearl (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.