Description: This malnourished woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her blonde hair is singed and shortened. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Nurkara embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He carries a battered scimitar and tarnished whip as well. His crest is green, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 30 pp. Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 110 gp. Rock crystal (30 gp). 1 Smokesticks.

Description: He wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'6" when asserting himself. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He hates Humans with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Shipwright profession.

History: Clerebold was born the youngest of three triplets. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has styled her orange fur well, parting it to the right. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Art fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: 5'5" and muscular, this southern man wears a simple yellow robe with blue stripes complete with hood. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Manfred was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears dull blue sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed kukri, just in case. She wears a colorful flower in her red hair. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Nissa was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. After a long history of fighting, Nissa and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: He wears a grey shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and brown pants. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

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. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, drow burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying east to reunite his family. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Gomory was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: Revenge; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 80 gp. Malachite (16 gp).

Description: This woman wears a worn and beaten armor, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length golden hair. She has blue eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Armorer born in the past three hundred years. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Elysande was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and to unite with her brother

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Military, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 4000 cp.