Description: A 5'4" western man, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He sports a flattop hair cut. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Mortician. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: He's in love; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Nature, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 90 gp. Amethyst (110 gp).

Description: He wears yellow leather gloves, a yellow jacket, and tight pants. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly longbows and ceremonial daggers. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: The child of a Laborer, who enjoyed hunting, Reynard was taken on many hunting expeditions. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Reynard grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Reynard. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Bricklayer for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Bonds: Criminal record, Guardian, Nature, Job, In love. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears dull tan sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed scimitar, just in case. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away; and a strong sense of loyalty to dragonborn people

Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This eastern woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her gray fur is braided into rings. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Leaf abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 40 gp. Blue quartz (9 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He sports a flattop crest cut. His gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His hair is brown and very short. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 5. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 30 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She sports auburn long hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Dilettante work with an outfit from a few towns over. Dilettante work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'8" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. A gifted student he started as a Butcher, but he got bored and became a Ploughman. He has worked as a Ploughman like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Poor, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: An older woman who prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, she is not a threatening figure. Her white hair is knotted and matted. She has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Religious. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 380 gp. Blue quartz (12 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.