Description: This slender man stands about 3'2". He wears a blue shirt with thin pastel vertical stripes and white pants. He wears his chestnut hair down. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Qualen never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

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

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Military. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 3000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

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. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Elf in existence. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She is a Maurezhi in disguise. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dwarven companion (her 'brother'). 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. Keyleth fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 200 gp. 2 Alchemist’s fire. 2 Holy water.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'6". He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His fur is cut close to his head. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Dynamic is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

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 he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1300 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. After coming to the age of reason, Pogranix took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Onyx (60 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He uses divination through singing.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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 vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 700 gp. Silver pearl (80 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull brown iron scale mail. He carries a battered hand crossbow and tarnished halberd as well. His dark red hair is still thick. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born into a rich family. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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: To get a good night's sleep; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She carries with her a set of longbows on her belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. Her rusty crest is still thick. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: She is a Shipwright first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 700 gp. Chrysoprase (30 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a yellow collared shirt and white skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She wears her golden hair up. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Theirastra lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Pink pearl (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.