Description: A moderately attractive man, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is obsessed with his god.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

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

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 700 pp. Banded agate (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears blue trousers with violet and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has no hair. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: Rael speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Rael was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 Fortune-teller. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Fortune-teller for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 9000 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp).

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. She carries a battered dagger and tarnished pickaxe as well. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small brown clips. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. 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 son.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She carries with her a set of crossbows on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She has moderate length blonde hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. Being born in the west, 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 west 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. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Body Guard they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Mayor, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: She is content; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'1" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a brown coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. With wild brown hair. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and balancing her hectic life and new bellfounder responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Slave, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 11000 cp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His blue crest, when down, is lengthy. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He is a Doppelganger in disguise. He found a children's book about a Dragonborn Warrior who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1 Breastplate.

Description: She wears bulky white painted plate armor. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her scythe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. Her head has been shaved. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and prefers to wear flannel. His silver hair is braided into rings. His white eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Nirgel is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a Bookbinder, his mother struggled to pay the bills. 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 has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 40000 cp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her brown hair is braided into rings. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born into a rich family. 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. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 700 gp.