Description: This late middle aged man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane and is in decent physical shape. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Amber (140 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. Her white hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 60 gp. Jade (160 gp). 4 Antitoxin.

Description: He wears professional attire. He carries with him a set of sais, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. 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. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Kody fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Jet (130 gp). Sard (40 gp). Jade (130 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born in the west. A gifted student she started as a Slave Trader, but she got bored and became a Cook. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Cook for hire.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and expand her business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, yellow shirt, and blue tie. She is physically well-built. Her red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed brown hat.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. 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 Carter. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Moonstone (30 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a brown feathered hat and brown clothes. She carries with her a set of scythes, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her black hair is lengthy. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

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. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Bolhild grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Being born in the south, 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 south 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. After a long history of fighting, Bolhild and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: This tall, slender woman 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. She has moderate length black hair. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Murook hails from a village terrorized by giants. A gifted student she started as a Fortune-teller, but she got bored and became a Servant. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'4". He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Barber. He's also a talented Sailor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her copper crest is singed and shortened. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.