Description: Standing 6'5", this man dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Dustin embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His childhood dream was to be a Mercenary, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She prefers to wear tan clothing when she does not wear armor. Her hair is chestnut and very short. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She got into the Animal Trainer business at a young age. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Animal Trainer.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her lavender fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has moderate length auburn hair. He wears an eyepatch.

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 does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Tanner but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Tanner. After a long history of fighting, Nuraval and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 10 pp. Azurite (11 gp). Iolite (40 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He 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. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. He has gleaming, smiling black eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This light-skinned female wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her black hair is well kept. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Tyna hails from a village terrorized by drow. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. 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: Expand her business; and she desires power and/or immortality

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 50000 cp. Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: 5'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Rolf was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a tan vest and prefers violet and tan shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has a long brown ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Menny was born on a far southern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Scribe. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She stands about 4'1" and very much looks the part of a Sculptor. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Sculptor but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sculptor.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Half-Plate.