Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying north to reunite his family. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Norkruuth was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Forgetful, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 3000 gp. Solid gold idol (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Akoth was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dragonborn companion (his 'brother'). He tends to his Farmer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to be a unemployed again

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: 2'8" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears red painted combat armor at almost all times. She has red hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Vani will drive conversation. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Vani was born on a far northern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Servant. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He usually wears his white robe and has his monstrous two handed axe always slung over his shoulder. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Calcitro lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Knight. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Knight for the past few years.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 7000 gp. Peridot (50 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Clear bright green emerald (6000 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. Her silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born into a rich family. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 110 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2600 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver crest. He wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. He has a hunchback. His silver crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Addict. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. Her auburn hair is long and unkept. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her top white hat.

Personality: Gaaki wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Monk, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She is a Slaad in disguise. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She has a missing left arm. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

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. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Anbera is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Barrister for the past few years.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with blue slacks. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair is red and very short. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Fallthra was born on a far western plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Mayor. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Fallthra never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1100 sp.