Description: He is a mite stocky and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Fallond was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Fallond fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 8000 gp. Sardonyx (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Jet (80 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Canary diamond (2000 gp). Azurite (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. His crest is green and curly. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Military, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1000 pp. Sard (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Rose (70 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She keeps her long brown fur kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are likewise yellow. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Sard (30 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Jet (80 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He has worked as a Spy like his father before him.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1000 pp. Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a blue wide-brimmed hat and blue clothes. Her silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Naivara hails from a village terrorized by goblins. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Naivara alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Pink pearl (70 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She wears her white hair down. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Dee abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 500 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). A small bag of saffron. (70 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 west. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 2000 gp. Sard (50 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Coral (140 gp). Jade (140 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Jade (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.