Description: She is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. She has a hunchback. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Gifted from a young age, Vaina studied abroad. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: 5'10" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His hair, while still mostly dark red, has prominent grey streaks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his black eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family 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. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Criminal record, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 2000 gp. Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he dresses in pastel turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with violet slacks, and is pretty ugly. He has done his best to style his cinnamon fur to look like a famous performer. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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 lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Harvest was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1600 gp. Silver pearl (160 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a fancy black dress. Her blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears tattered old clothes. His bronze crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Mugrunden grew up listening to his father's many stories. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Slave Trader work with an outfit from a few towns over. Slave Trader work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 5000 cp. Silver pearl (120 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'8" when asserting herself. Her black hair is braided into rings. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and expand her business

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. 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 mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Butcher arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Gnomes in Sapply's homeland. Sapply decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. 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: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 250 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a black tunic with blue highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her bronze crest, when down, is lengthy. She has a dull look in her red eyes.

Personality: Findex speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. 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. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 180 pp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His golden hair is lengthy. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born in the south to a Tanner, Corkitron learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Corkitron alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Tanner and was forced into it by his family; and expand his business

Ideals: Artistic, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 gp.