Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Dain isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

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. His parents enrolled him in a Aristocrat school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Standing 4'7", this woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Oriel will drive conversation. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. When Oriel reached her early adolescence her Half-Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tiefling artifacts is her passion; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. 8 Acid flasks.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She has slicked back black hair. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She uses divination through singing.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 600 gp. Black pearl (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She has red fur. Her skin is flawless and her copper eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born to a Cook, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. His white fur has been sun bleached extensively. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Priest arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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. Jak fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 5000 sp. Deep green spinel (110 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull violet iron scale mail and is in decent physical shape. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: Halimath is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a hand crossbow on her belt. Her crest is blue, silky, and of moderate length. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. While she appears to be a normal Dragonborn, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 14000 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (30 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: Meriele hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Meriele grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the west were limited. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Just what you see.