Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears professional attire. He has wavy red hair. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Qualen was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. 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; and doesn't want to be a guard and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with tan slacks. Her hair is brown and curly. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gifted student she started as a Detective, but she got bored and became a Marshal. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a Fortune-teller first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Beggar; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 110 pp. Jasper (30 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Now he works as a painting tutor during his time off.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Bloodstone (30 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Rose (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

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 is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has slicked back red hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Egelina was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. After a long history of fighting, Egelina and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair is long and red with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small white clips. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the north were limited. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. Obsidian (14 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length silver hair. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Ulla hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Servant. She struck the Servant job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 3100 gp. Moonstone (60 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Rose (60 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Red garnet (80 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and a wedding ring on his left hand. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. He has brown eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. Fargrim is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Fargrim never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to unite with his sister

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 4000 gp. Alexandrite (200 gp). Sard (70 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple yellow line shooting up and back down. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has brown hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 Gnome in existence. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Born to a Ploughman, her mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Sage hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 2100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.