Description: He is a husky man, who is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. He has styled his gray fur well, parting it to the right. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has achieved small success as a Laborer.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing his hectic life and new laborer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Terse, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Eye agate (14 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Rose (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a tight fitting violet shirt and pants. Her hair is short and brown. Her ears are large.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A freak accident while working with her Spice Merchant father left her crippled. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 6000 gp. Iolite (80 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears dull green sweaters, loose red pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed nunchaku, just in case. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her right hand. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Farideh alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Family, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her black robe. She wears her white hair down. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is a great chef.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. When Melissa reached her early adolescence her Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 7000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gold eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Paymon was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Religious, Job, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 12000 gp. Amber (100 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Jade (100 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Amber (100 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Amber (100 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. Through the years after Vaina was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Vaina's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Greedy, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 4000 gp. Blue quartz (13 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He is physically well-built. His brass crest is lengthy. He is baby faced.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. After coming to the age of reason, Heskan took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Heskan was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Enemies, Debt. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 2000 pp. Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp).