Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1400 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears skinny pants and wears a tan and black robe with the hood down. Her black hair is matted, messy, and big. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Loopmottin is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Depressed, Selfish. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, tan shirt, and white tie. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is typically in his Bookbinder uniform, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'10" when asserting himself. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is obsessed with his god.

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 Bookbinder. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bookbinder responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 800 gp. Blue quartz (6 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'2". She wears bulky tan painted plate armor. Her hair is short and blonde. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the north were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has wavy black hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Roofer business.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Elves in Varis's homeland. Varis decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Varis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. His blue crest is smooth and relatively long. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Fax's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. 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 now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1600 sp. Star ruby (600 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has slicked back silver hair. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To protect her home; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Family, Poor, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He dresses well, wearing yellow shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He wears his blonde hair down. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born in a small desert village. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Simon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp. Hematite (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.