Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his tan robe. His blonde hair is lengthy. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 Cook. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and a deep hatred of orcs

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: She wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her green eyes.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Veloptima has worked very hard to control her curse. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 12000 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a blue wide-brimmed hat and blue clothes. His tied-back hair is chestnut. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Immeral isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His parents enrolled him in a Adept school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 300 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a yellow suit, brown shirt, and violet tie. His brown hair is singed and shortened. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Cook. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born in the east to a Cook, Robert learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. After coming to the age of reason, Robert took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her blonde hair is well kept. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born in a small forest village. Through the years after Ahlyssa was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Ahlyssa's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Philantrophist, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100000 cp. Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has a hunchback. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Aldous is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Aldous hails from a village terrorized by giants. His parents were killed by giants in a raid when he was still a young child. The giants captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is dressed in an above average manner. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born in the north to a Blacksmith, Veit learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has achieved small success as a Blacksmith.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Moss agate (16 gp). Amber (110 gp). Jade (110 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.