Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, and he perpetually has his axe ready. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mantus 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; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is typically in her Herbalist uniform, and is pretty ugly. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her small grey hat.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to be a tanner again

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

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

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Kali alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Alex lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. After coming to the age of reason, Alex 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. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. In his 13th 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. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He carries a battered longsword and tarnished bow as well. His hair is short and silver. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Gardain was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bookbinder hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has achieved small success as a Bookbinder.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new bookbinder responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She got into the Slave Trader business at a young age. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Slave Trader for the past few years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a fancy pastel dress. She wears a colorful flower in her gray fur. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Through the years after Drifting was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Drifting's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Drifting fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 12000 sp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small violet clips. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Oriel was born the youngest of three triplets. While she appears to be a normal Half-Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Shipwright they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Slave Trader, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 50 gp.