Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears brown trousers with pastel and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Cynical, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 5000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (120 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, black shirt, and white tie. She is portly but not overly obese. She keeps her chestnut hair in a pixie cut. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Butcher. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Butcher.

Motivation: To be a Banker again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 500 pp. Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Sard (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She wears her golden hair down. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Merla liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She bought a mace and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 10000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Gold and ruby ring (11000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who tends to wear a red poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Gifted from a young age, Damien studied abroad. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 8000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a yellow suit, brown shirt, and blue tie. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born in a small desert village. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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. Elama fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1100 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (50 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (50 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. She has wavy auburn hair. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Adventurer but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 3000 gp. Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Jasper (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 5'1". He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and his gloved hand is found clutching a longbow. He has blonde hair. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Shy, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Religious. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 5000 gp. Banded agate (14 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.