Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. She has done her best to style her green crest to look like a famous performer. Her half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. 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. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Jheri fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1200 gp. Eye agate (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp).

Description: Standing 3'6", this woman dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has wavy red hair. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

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

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family, Military, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: He prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts, and carries flails. He has wavy gray fur. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Cloak grew up listening to his father's many stories. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1800 sp. White pearl (140 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she prefers to wear flannel. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Oriff isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He tends to wear a green poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, and he perpetually has his longsword ready. His blue hair is singed and shortened. His gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the south. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her lavender fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Sweet was born the youngest of three triplets. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Simple lock. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools. 1 Superior lock.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 4000 cp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a worn and beaten armor. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. 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: She comes from a rich northern family. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Family, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He carries a battered shortspear and tarnished crossbow as well. He has no hair. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is a great chef.

History: Gifted from a young age, Rûkdûg studied abroad. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. 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. Rûkdûg fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is content; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 800 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.