Description: 3'0" and muscular, this southern woman wears bulky blue painted plate armor. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. 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. Ranala fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 4000 gp. Alexandrite (800 gp). Blue-white diamond (4000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'10" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He tends to wear a green poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. His silver eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. 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 a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 12000 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp).

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He carries with him a set of tridents, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His blonde hair is cut short. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Beiro wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Druid, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his 15th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Beiro 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: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 6000 gp. Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Sporting a chestnut mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her green eyes.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 9 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Williamina never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she wants revenge against orcs

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 800 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver ewer (10 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a simple green robe with black stripes complete with hood. Her copper crest is greasy and uncared for. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mortician and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Violet garnet (700 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Moss agate (5 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.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a whip on his belt. His hair is short and golden. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 7000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a Architect first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. The war was a terrible time for him, and Kyle does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature monstrous two handed axe.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.