Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. His blonde hair is cut short. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Hoshgrish wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Ranger, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Hoshgrish was born with his mother's beautiful face. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Hoshgrish and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His hair is long and red with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. His ears are large.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the west were limited. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Coral (80 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the south were limited. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature crossbow.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1200 sp. Iolite (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has blonde hair. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1600 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman and is in decent physical shape. His white hair is singed and shortened. He has hazel eyes and a white hat with a violet feather.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. 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: Gifted from a young age, Ront studied abroad. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. 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: He is greedy; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 5000 gp. Black pearl (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a pastel coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. Sweet was born on a far western forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Carpenter. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He sports pastel clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length black fur. His fierce copper eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new herbalist responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 200 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears suspenders and green workpants. Her shirt is tan, and she wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. She carries with her a set of falchions, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has white crest. Her gold eyes peer out from beneath her broad green hat.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In her youth she was a Shoemaker, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger sister on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Shipwright for the past few years.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 gp. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his copper eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Beast will drive conversation. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Extrovert, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 30 pp.