Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her hair is brown and curly. Her eyes are likewise blue.

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 terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a Bather, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Birel fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. 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 became a Tailor soon after.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He carries with him a set of hammers on his belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Erdan never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 290 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and he perpetually has his quarterstaff ready. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. During his travels, Nicholas and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Nicholas discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Nicholas fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 29000 sp. Carnelian (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She is typically in her Apothecary uniform. She has a hunchback. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She got into the Apothecary business at a young age. She found a children's book about a Half-Elf Bard who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she wants revenge against goblins

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 90000 cp.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'5" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a black wide-brimmed hat and black clothes. He wears his blue crest up. This red eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Norkruuth was raised in a hard working conservative environment. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Spy for the past few years.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Job, Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 240 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp).

Description: She wears baggy red pantaloons and a brown scarf. She is physically well-built. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. A true patriot, Dell would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She 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. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Military, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has a very tight haircut. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In her 12th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Hlin alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Hlin was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a white vest and prefers pastel and red shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is blonde and curly. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Blue sapphire (800 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp).