Description: This late middle aged woman wears a tight fitting violet shirt and pants and is in decent physical shape. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: Ridaro was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Aristocrat, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Aristocrat in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Orc companion (her 'brother'). Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 800 gp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Red garnet (70 gp).

Description: He wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'11" when asserting himself. His hair is chestnut and curly. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Barendd embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive, Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 300 pp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears skinny pants and wears a blue and grey robe with the hood down. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the right. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 800 sp. Azurite (5 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her hair is golden and curly. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Fallthra was born on a far eastern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Interpreter. 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 retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a green costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. He wears his white crest up. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is a great chef.

History: Pandjed was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Mercenary. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing his hectic life and new mercenary responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 9000 gp. Coral (90 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He prefers to wear flannel. He sports a flattop hair cut. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Cook but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A freak accident while working with his Detective father left him crippled. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He wears a black shirt with thin violet vertical stripes and brown pants. He has a hunchback. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ur-Lasu abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tiefling artifacts is his passion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Buckler.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. She has a long red ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her eyes are likewise amber.

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 obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 2700 sp.

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a black and yellow robe with the hood down. He carries with him a set of bastard swords on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He has silver hair. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He got into the Armorer business at a young age. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He struck the Armorer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 100 gp.