Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He keeps his long silver crest kept up in a rat tail. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the north. A gifted student he started as a Miner, but he got bored and became a Interpreter. 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: He is greedy; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 2000 gp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He sports violet clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and carries whips. His brown hair is long and unkept. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. 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 hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1000 gp. Aquamarine (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Jade (60 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a yellow wide-brimmed hat and yellow clothes. Her white hair is wavy and long. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Unemployed they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Herbalist, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a tan coat over a pastel low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon her head. Her blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp).

Description: He is dressed in a clean yellow cloak covering his clean studded leather, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'9" when asserting himself. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bounty Hunter arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 east. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and doesn't want to be a bounty hunter and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1100 pp. Sardonyx (30 gp). Sard (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Rose (30 gp).

Description: This man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Bertram was born with his father's beautiful face. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1100 pp. Hematite (7 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Coral (110 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Iolite (40 gp).

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a sai on his belt, and carries sais. His red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Robert is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (50 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.