Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his white robe. He keeps his golden hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

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. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Nil alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Passionate, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 5000 gp. Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He tends to wear a blue poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His hair is silver and curly. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. 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: Arumawann was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Arumawann alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and many drow want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 2000 gp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Zircon (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Religious. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 900 pp. Carnelian (70 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Jet (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears bulky brown painted plate armor. His black fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He got into the Mercenary business at a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Mercenary. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 700 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Rose (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Rose (50 gp). Onyx (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has bronze crest. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Daar is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her first spouse was a Locksmith, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Body Guard and was forced into it by her family; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 500 pp. White opal (500 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Sard (50 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Hematite (11 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has slicked back silver hair. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Valida speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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. During her travels, Valida and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Valida discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Valida fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 500 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a green coat. He has no hair. His eyes are white.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Skamos has worked very hard to control his curse. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Bather

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (80 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp).