Description: This exceptionally lanky man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His black hair is singed and shortened. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. Hûmgrat liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to clean up the streets

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 4000 cp. Brown-green garnet (80 gp).

Description: He wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. He is physically well-built. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his small grey hat.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Veit lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Veit alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He's also a talented Doctor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to reunite with his old friends

Bonds: Guardian, Family, Enemies, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 290 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she usually wears her white robe and has her lance always slung over her shoulder. Her silver hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born in the north. She found a children's book about a Half-Orc Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has worked as a Courier like her father before her.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Red garnet (110 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and usually wears his green robe and has his nunchaku always slung over his shoulder. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady silver eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Professionalism, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His hair is black and curly. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Ûkrom abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

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

Possessions: 80 gp. Red-brown spinel (150 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She is typically in her Spice Merchant uniform, marred by teas. With wild white hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Dariff is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Dariff was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her childhood dream was to be a Shepherd, but she was a colossal failure. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'7" when asserting herself. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. Her black unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Makaria liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, In love, Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: This woman wears a black broad hat and black clothes. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her right hand. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are likewise black.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 900 sp. 2 Thunderstones.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her ears are large.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She found a children's book about a Halfling Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 120 gp.