Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is an epitome of beauty. His brown hair is cut short. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Nicholas is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Nicholas lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Extrovert, Opinionated. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1000 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her silver hair is matted, messy, and big. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Shepherd.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His yellow leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars. He carries a battered warhammer and tarnished scimitar as well. His golden hair is long and unkept. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born in the north. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1100 pp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Jasper (50 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is silver and very short. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She takes great joy in being the best Apothecary in town.

History: Born in the south to a Apothecary, Huru learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 2000 gp. White pearl (110 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and carries daggers. His purple hair is long and unkept. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 8000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. She carries with her a set of pickaxes, each one with a amber on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears a colorful flower in her rusty crest. This red eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp). A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears just a tan suit. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Boddynock hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 6000 gp. Tourmaline (90 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Jacinth (6000 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Blue diamond (6000 gp). Amethyst (90 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.