Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her gray fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker pastel hat.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Miller.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 20 gp. Brown-green garnet (140 gp).

Description: This man is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his left hand. His red hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1100 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, John was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Seamstress. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and to reunite with his absent mother

Flaws: Depressed, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a nunchaku on his belt. He has moderate length purple hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his white eyes.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: Born to a Map Maker, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 2100 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. Her brown hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Andraste enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Passionate, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: This man is dressed in a clean green cloak covering his clean studded leather. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His copper crest is thinning but still full. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in the west to a Mason, Mugrunden learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. He's also a talented Brewer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 160 gp. Amethyst (70 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes. and is in decent physical shape. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Erdan has worked very hard to control his curse. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He very much looks the part of a Crown-heir. He has a very tight haircut. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gifted student he started as a Sculptor, but he got bored and became a Crown-heir. He has worked as a Crown-heir like his mother before him.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new crown-heir responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 800 gp. Star rose quartz (80 gp). Jade (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.