Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She is portly but not overly obese. Her silver crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a Sage first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 140 pp. Iolite (50 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has a long black ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She hates Humans with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Matilda was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Antagonistic. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She dresses like a well dressed Guard does. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. She has hazel eyes and a white hat with a blue feather.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Guard born in the past three hundred years. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and balancing her hectic life and new guard responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 4000 gp. Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a white costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Snafû was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has worked as a Courier like his father before him.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: 3'4" and muscular, this eastern man wears a red shirt, with a tan mid length shorts with tan tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Faran embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born into a rich family. A freak accident while working with his Fisher mother left him crippled. 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: Wants to work out more often; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (600 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 5'8" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears suspenders and violet workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy violet leather apron most of the time. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the left. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Barber and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1200 pp. Violet garnet (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Jade (130 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Sard (30 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Onyx (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This northern man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His clothes are grease stained in places. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is mildly Half-Orc supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Zûgor was born with his mother's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 12000 gp. Emerald (500 gp). Jet (140 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Sard (50 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is typically in his Ruler uniform. His hair is long and black with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: He comes from a rich western family. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Orc conditions. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 5000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her hair is long and black with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 6000 sp.