Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Zook lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. 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: Retire the richest man in the south; and he is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He prefers to wear violet pants and tee shirts, marred by teas. His hair is chestnut and very short. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in the west to a Sellsword, Patrick learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He worked as a nervous Sellsword and found it very stressful. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and to be a barber again

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 4000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears a yellow tunic with grey highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Theodoric grew up listening to his father's many stories. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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: Expand his business; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His fur is gray and very short. His copper eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Addict, Emotional, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 7000 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Gold and ruby ring (12000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (50 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Eridred was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to share knowledge with the world

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He wears a white Stetson hat and white clothes. He is physically well-built. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Sage but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Gifted from a young age, Borun studied abroad. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Sage hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

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 has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Ielenia and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is content; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 180 gp. White pearl (60 gp). 3 Antitoxin.

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She keeps her black hair in a pixie cut. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. 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: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jade (140 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Jet (140 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a green vest and prefers white and grey shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has moderate length brown hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Cairn hails from a village terrorized by goblins. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 110 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.