Description: He wears yellow trousers with red and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, and he perpetually has his whip ready. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Adran 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 he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Military, Poor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his morningstar with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He keeps his auburn hair in a pixie cut. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: The child of a Cook, who enjoyed hunting, Soveliss was taken on many hunting expeditions. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Soveliss took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up morningstar and armor he uses now. 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.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and very much looks the part of a Herbalist. His lavender fur is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise copper. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Sweet grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His childhood dream was to be a Bounty Hunter, but he was a colossal failure. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature longsword.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She wears a colorful flower in her black hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Standing 5'1", this man prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor. His hair is short and silver. He has green eyes.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Lamlis grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Lamlis abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Lamlis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears a fancy blue suit. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Orryn grew up listening to his mother's many stories. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 33000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Igden grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Igden. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 100 gp. Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a simple white robe with blue stripes complete with hood. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has blue eyes and a white hat with a blue feather.

Personality: He is mildly Halfling supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He got into the Body Guard business at a young age. His childhood dream was to be a Carpenter, but he was a colossal failure. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Racist, Greedy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 140 pp. Black pearl (800 gp).

Description: 5'3" and muscular, this northern man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is a great chef.

History: Gnarsh was born the youngest of three triplets. 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 has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortbow.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Sage responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.