Description: This woman wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her left hand. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. While she appears to be a normal Dwarf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 230 gp. 1 Good lock.

Description: This man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His silver hair is cut short. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born into a rich family. At a young age his father died while driving off some orcs. His mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in shortbow use. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Darrak fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Justice, Professionalism, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her white hair is cut short. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. 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. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Mardnab speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 390 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a brown shirt, with a green mid length skirt with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her black hair is cut short. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. She dropped out of school to support her sick mother, and resented it. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Shoemaker and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Logical. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 600 sp. Rhodochrosite (15 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has a long silver ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 100 pp. Obsidian (15 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with tan colored cloaks and clothing. He carries with him a set of daggers, each one with a opal on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the left. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 200 gp. Obsidian (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Malachite (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a yellow tunic with green highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around his shoes. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has violet eyes and a yellow hat with a green feather.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Beggar profession.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Beggar they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Bookbinder, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 10 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. Some 3 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Dell never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1900 gp. Black opal (1000 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Obsidian (7 gp).