Description: This woman likes to wear grey tank tops with red skirt. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her brown hair is long and unkept. Her ears are large.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Helja isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Detective for the past few years.

Motivation: She's in love; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: She tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has no hair. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She uses divination through singing.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her parents were killed by illithids in a raid when she was still a young child. The illithids captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. After a long history of fighting, Ekk and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 600 sp. Amethyst (130 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears skinny pants and wears a black and white robe with the hood down. He has dark red hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. 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 raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Laborer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 44000 sp. Peridot (80 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Slave. Occupation: Performer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 600 sp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp).

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His scarlet crest is still thick. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Born to a Hunter, his mother struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Shipwright and was forced into it by his family.

Flaws: Emotional, Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 3'4" northern man, he is typically in his Merchant uniform. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to be a slave trader again

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her golden hair is heavily combed to the right. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. 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 to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has no hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Philomena was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Healer. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Has a crush, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 4000 sp. Rock crystal (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. She has a hunchback. With bright red hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Bimpnottin grew up listening to her father's many stories. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Rock crystal (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.