Description: 5'10" and muscular, this northern man wears baggy black pantaloons and a grey scarf. His blue hair is singed and shortened. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Forcas 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. 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 to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 2000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp).

Description: He wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is a great chef.

History: Qualen lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (70 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (70 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has a hunchback. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Mundane, Fearful. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 4000 gp. Sardonyx (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This western man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull grey iron scale mail. His clothes are grease stained in places. His orange fur is matted, messy, and big. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Kite was born on a far western forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Architect. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Guardian, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 800 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (20 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Actor who has hired him part-time. 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, Akmen is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She usually wears her red robe and has her crossbow always slung over her shoulder. She sports golden long hair. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

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 has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born in the north to a Spy, Willow learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has achieved small success as a Spy.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Canary diamond (8000 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she wears a fancy red dress. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: Eran is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Eran lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Zircon (20 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Banded agate (14 gp).