Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. 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 feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is a great chef.

History: Ortegar was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He became a Jeweler soon after.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 500 pp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp).

Description: She wears a black shirt with thin white vertical stripes and tan pants. Her silver crest is knotted and matted. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 2000 gp. Sard (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp).

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and is typically in his Navigator uniform. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears his brown hair down. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is a great chef.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is light but he possesses many grey ritualistic tattoos. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His head has been shaved. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Orryn was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Actor. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 400 pp. Silver ewer (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge and is in decent physical shape. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Morkral hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His childhood dream was to be a Bellfounder, but he was a colossal failure. Being a Scribe kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and she perpetually has her scythe ready. Her blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Born to a Performer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her parents enrolled her in a Fighter school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Emmeline fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Moonstone (30 gp). Sard (30 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. Her auburn hair is singed and shortened. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. 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: Matilda lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 north. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Justice, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her greataxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. Her golden hair is matted, messy, and big. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Just what you see.