Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His yellow leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. 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: Money/treasure; and he is content

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp).

Description: She is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering her clean studded leather, and she perpetually has her hand crossbow ready. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 36000 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and is pretty ugly. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Fargas's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He takes great joy in being the best Interpreter in town.

History: He got into the Interpreter business at a young age. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 gp. Red-brown spinel (110 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. Eiravel is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Eiravel was born with his mother's beautiful face. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 700 gp. Aquamarine (1600 gp).

Description: A 3'1" southern woman, she prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. She has a long golden ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Enidda alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Black star sapphire (500 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears suspenders and red workpants. Her shirt is tan, and she wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. She wears her blonde hair up. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born in the south. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His white hair is singed and shortened. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Darrak embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. Darrak is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Through the years after Darrak was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Darrak's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1500 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He usually wears his brown robe and has his flail always slung over his shoulder. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. 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 parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. 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 Unemployed. He's also a talented Bounty Hunter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to unite with his brother

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a green poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her crest is brass and curly. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.