Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His black hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born in the east. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Blue quartz (16 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple pastel line shooting up and back down. His gray fur is braided into rings. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

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 obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Art was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Wizard, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Wizard in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 800 sp. Malachite (5 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. She has wavy red hair. This red eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tieflings.

History: Born in the south to a Ploughman, Shax learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His white unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He bought a shortbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 300 pp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a violet poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to end her boredom

Flaws: Disease, Forgetful, Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Spanish accent

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

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. He has chestnut hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He also hits on men, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born into a rich family. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He wears a tight fitting violet shirt and pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'5" when asserting himself. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His ears are large.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. At a young age his father died while driving off some illithids. His mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in greatsword use. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 3000 cp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a brown tunic with white highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Oloric was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: He wants revenge against giants.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the right. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Gurdis is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. While she appears to be a normal Dwarf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.