Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He is an epitome of beauty. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, John is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has shaved his head bald. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born in the south to a Cook, Yurk learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. After coming to the age of reason, Yurk took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Yurk fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He keeps his purple hair in a flapper bob. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears tattered old clothes. Her purple hair is singed and shortened. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 200 gp. Deep blue spinel (1400 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. He has violet eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Fletcher arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. After a long history of fighting, Darrak and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Religious. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he tends to wear a large yellow jacket. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Dustin was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He struck the Armorer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: She is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her white hair is braided into rings. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Volen 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. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Stableman. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she has a crush on the local assassin

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 80 pp. Obsidian (8 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. With wild white hair. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Barkeep who has hired her part-time. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she's in love

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light violet in addition to tight pants. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Dara hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and she is greedy

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.