Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His red fur is smooth and relatively long. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 800 pp. Carnelian (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Rose (70 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Citrine (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with black slacks. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length gold crest. His fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Body Guard profession.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the north were limited. He has achieved small success as a Knight.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Job, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a hammer, but if one is not available he will default to his halberd. He has no hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He is mildly Human supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Gomory lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Gomory and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Aquamarine (200 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she tends to wear a large brown jacket. She has no hair. Her hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Born to a Fletcher, her mother struggled to pay the bills. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has a hunchback. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is a great chef.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. He worked as a nervous Spy and found it very stressful. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a mercenary again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This light-skinned female wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. Her hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has slicked back blonde hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is a great chef.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. 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. Dalaba fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 380 gp. Peridot (40 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with grey slacks. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her crest is scarlet and very short. She has gold eyes.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Debt. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1700 gp. Clear bright green emerald (2000 gp). Jet (140 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Jade (140 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Onyx (60 gp).