Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with green slacks. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small violet clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: He was born in the east. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants revenge against giants.

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 5000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Amber (110 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a red costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born to a Layabout, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Justice, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 600 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her brass crest is knotted and matted. Her ears are large.

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 can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Thava was born on a far southern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Mercenary. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 220 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Painter born in the past three hundred years. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Fearful, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak. He has auburn hair. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, In love, Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was born in the west. Ekk was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Ekk decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Gardener kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and he perpetually has his trident ready. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the right. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, In love, Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down. He wears his black hair down. This violet eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Efferil was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His first spouse was a Roofer, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.