Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Kipper was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Kipper was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Kipper decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. Her yellow fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born to a Dyer, her father struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. 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 left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he usually wears his grey robe and has his sickle always slung over his shoulder. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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 does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man wears dark leathers with embroidery, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Pallabar hails from a village terrorized by giants. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away.

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 24000 sp. Aquamarine (500 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp).

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her golden hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 600 gp. Zircon (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak, marred by teas. Her tied-back hair is silver. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her first spouse was a Engraver, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Poor, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 120 pp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This man has a large pastel mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his right hand. His fur is orange and curly. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. 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: He was born at the edge of vast island. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 gp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (50 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He carries with him a set of swords on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is a great chef.

History: Born to a Bellfounder, his father struggled to pay the bills. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Delg 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.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 260 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). 1 Breastplate.