Description: A middle-aged man, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and is pretty ugly. His head has been shaved. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born into a rich family. 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 Guard. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His silver hair is still thick. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Alston lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. 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: To reunite with his absent father; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-elven people

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 27000 cp. Silver pearl (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears just a red suit. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Portia lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the west were limited. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 600 gp. 4 Acid flasks. 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This man very much looks the part of a Cook. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his left hand. He has moderate length blonde hair. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ar-Pratu studied abroad. A gifted student he started as a Doctor, but he got bored and became a Cook. He's also a talented Doctor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1100 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears a grey collared shirt and red skirt. She accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Werydd embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Werydd was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has worked as a Unemployed like her father before her.

Motivation: Revenge; and many gnolls want her driven away

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: He wears a black armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down, and he perpetually has his scimitar ready. His white crest is matted, messy, and big. His gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Bather. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Rathkran was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bather. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and balancing his hectic life and new bather responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 110000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. She carries with her a set of shortbows, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her white hair is lengthy. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She worked as a nervous Farmer and found it very stressful. She has achieved small success as a Farmer.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Job, Debt. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears long strands of topaz and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her yellow fur is heavily combed to the right. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born into a rich family. Through the years after Five was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Five's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She typically wears red cloth garments or leather armor. She has a very tight haircut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 gp.