Description: This man is tall and muscular. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull tan iron scale mail. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length white hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Spice Merchant and was forced into it by his family; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Violet garnet (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. 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: Aramil hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Revenge.

Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She wears her golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Ahinar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. She has no hair. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Sybil grew up listening to her mother's many stories. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Laucian hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 4000 gp. Banded agate (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a white shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and brown pants. She carries with her a set of quarterstaffs on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Job, Poor, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: This dark-skinned female is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has gray eyes and a brown hat with a green feather.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Whurdred embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: The child of a Bookbinder, who enjoyed hunting, Whurdred was taken on many hunting expeditions. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 120 gp. Pink pearl (60 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Onyx (40 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her head has been shaved. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Bounty Hunter. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Bounty Hunter for hire.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she is greedy

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, In love, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her rusty crest is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gold.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Sage hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 190 gp.