Description: He sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Animal Trainer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Animal Trainer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Animal Trainer for hire.

Motivation: Revenge; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Job, In love. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 12000 gp. Iolite (70 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Canary diamond (2000 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. His hair is cut close to his head. He is baby faced.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Chad embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Chad lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Masseuse, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Masseuse they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Painter, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black pearl (1000 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). White opal (800 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 6'2", this woman wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1000 pp. Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greatsword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. 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: Born in the south to a Ruler, Ohr learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He worked as a nervous Ruler and found it very stressful. He now owns his own business.

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

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 400 pp. Pink pearl (130 gp). Rose (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). White opal (500 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). White opal (500 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Sard (80 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has a hunchback. His brown hair is singed and shortened. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Laborer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Slave, Poor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1400 pp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. Her blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Nyx was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane, Cynical, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. A gifted student he started as a Bookbinder, but he got bored and became a Jeweler. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

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

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 15000 gp. Coral (60 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Jade (60 gp). Jade (60 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Jade (60 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.