Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is light but she possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. She wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a morningstar, but if one is not available she will default to her spear. She wears her white hair up. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Vistra was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned female dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

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. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Panana has worked very hard to control her curse. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Selfish, Fearful, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: 4'5" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. His red hair is lengthy. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Barkeep who has hired him part-time. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 3000 cp. Moss agate (5 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears professional attire. He has moderate length gold crest. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Shamash never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has styled his blue hair well, parting it to the left. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

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 is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he's in love

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has black hair. He has hazel eyes and a grey hat with a brown feather.

Personality: Jocelyn speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is a great chef.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and halfling compassion

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His fur is brown and very short. His copper eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker brown hat.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the island due to the painful memories there. Gale took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up scythe and armor he uses now. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 160 pp. A small bag of saffron. (40 gp).

Description: He very much looks the part of a Unemployed. He is physically well-built. His long red crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Kaladan was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He then took over the family business and is one of the better Unemployed for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Family, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 50 gp.