Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. His red hair is singed and shortened. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is dressed in an above average manner. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the east were limited. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp).

Description: This man is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His long purple hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, brown shirt, and tan tie. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. Rael enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Rael was born with his mother's beautiful face. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Hedonist, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. His brown hair is knotted and matted. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the east were limited. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mordai fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and balancing his hectic life and new locksmith responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She is dressed in a clean green cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her blue hair is lengthy. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with singing. She constantly tries to fill her life with singing. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. After months of barely getting by, Mastema managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she is content

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 50 pp. Black pearl (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. Her dark red hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are likewise black.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Decarabia was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Cartwright. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Cartwright for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He prefers to wear flannel. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His white crest is knotted and matted. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Mehen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Mehen alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He struck the Shepherd job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Slave, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 370 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He carries a battered shortspear and tarnished falchion as well. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Krimp 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 Krimp. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 40 pp. Zircon (50 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Citrine (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.