Description: A middle-aged man, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and is pretty ugly. His black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). Silver ewer (90 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp).

Description: This woman is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her brown hair is braided into rings. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Body Guard born in the past three hundred years. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born in the west to a Body Guard, Bune learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. In her 19th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Lazy, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 500 gp. Red garnet (80 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist, Addict, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 100 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears professional attire. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Mary lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She found a children's book about a Human Expert who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a bow on his belt. His white crest is lengthy. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Torinn enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 2000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. A friendly and beautiful Gnome, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. At some point he was captured by gnolls and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he wants revenge against gnolls

Flaws: Addict, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This western man wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. His clothes are grease stained in places. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Nazû embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Orcs. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Nazû took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. After a long history of fighting, Nazû and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is dark but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She wears skinny pants and wears a tan and black robe with the hood down. She has shaved her head bald. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Engraver responsibilities is difficult; and to be a unemployed again

Flaws: Hedonist, Selfish, Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 120 gp. Star rose quartz (70 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His auburn hair is long and unkept. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Rendar's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 150 gp.