Description: This man wears a black costume with the symbols of death on his torso. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his left hand. His bronze crest is long and unkept. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the east were limited. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His purple hair is braided into rings. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Mordai grew up listening to his father's many stories. After coming to the age of reason, Mordai took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Peridot (30 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is dressed in earthy colors with a black and pastel handkerchief worn on her left side. She has gold crest. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1900 gp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Sard (70 gp). Jade (110 gp).

Description: She is wearing a tight green one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

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 comes from a rich eastern family. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Flaws: Disease, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1000 gp. Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Jade (80 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp).

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, red shirt, and black tie. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has white hair. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her parents were killed by drow in a raid when she was still a young child. The drow captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a tan tunic with violet highlights, and long yellow pants that bunch up around her shoes. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She is a Chromatic Dragon in disguise. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Flaws: Racist, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: She wears a tight fitting pastel shirt and pants. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her white fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born into a rich family. 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 Shepherd. She became a Shepherd soon after.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new bowyer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Pink pearl (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

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 typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull grey iron scale mail. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Courier work with an outfit from a few towns over. Courier work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Guardian, Has a crush. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Just what you see.