Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a fancy brown suit. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. 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: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Bernard was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Revenge; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 3000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Amber (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a worn and beaten armor. He has chestnut hair. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Himo lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 2'11" eastern woman, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Paela was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. After a long history of fighting, Paela and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Expand her business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 3000 gp. Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

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 has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His red hair is long and unkept. His gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He is a Metallic Dragon in disguise. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears skinny pants and wears a brown and blue robe with the hood down, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her white fur is heavily combed to the right. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson brown hat.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Dyer. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she has a crush on the local dyer

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: In love, Has a crush. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 900 pp. Solid gold idol (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, red shirt, and green tie. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. He is a great chef.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2600 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears tattered old clothes. She has chestnut hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Sculptor. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Baker profession.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1000 gp.