Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears skinny pants and wears a brown and tan robe with the hood down. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Alberich isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. The war was a terrible time for him, and Alberich does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born into a rich family. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 50000 cp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'8" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She has done her best to style her green crest to look like a famous performer. Her red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Kava has worked very hard to control her curse. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 60000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is wearing a long, tan cloak. His hair is chestnut and very short. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Professionalism. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Tourmaline (80 gp). Coral (80 gp). Jet (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. He wears his white hair up. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born in the east to a Bounty Hunter, Olunt learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. A gifted student he started as a Merchant, but he got bored and became a Bounty Hunter. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and expand his business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and prefers to wear flannel. His hair is silver and curly. He has violet eyes and a white hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Bertram will drive conversation. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He got into the Mercenary business at a young age. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Extrovert, Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 46000 sp. Golden pearl (90 gp). 1 Spyglass. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Backpack.

Description: This southern man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His clothes are grease stained in places. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Born in the south to a Mortician, Kothûg learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He worked as a nervous Mortician and found it very stressful. Being a Mortician kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1700 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears long strands of opal and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed blue hat.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Keyleth will drive conversation. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Keyleth is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Extrovert, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull green iron scale mail. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She keeps her blonde hair in a pixie cut. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.