Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears bulky red painted plate armor. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He uses divination through singing.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Altho 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 Altho. He became a Tanner soon after.

Motivation: He is content; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She sports a flattop fur cut. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was born in a small desert village. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a brown costume with the symbols of luck on her torso. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to gnolls.

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

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: 5'5" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He keeps his long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is an amazing painter.

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. Korfel took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up dagger and armor he uses now. He became a Detective soon after.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He wears baggy violet pantaloons and a tan scarf. He has a hunchback. He keeps his long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Solomon grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His first spouse was a Carpenter, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. 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. Solomon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her shield with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and is pretty ugly. Her brass crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her gold eyes peer out from beneath her broad green hat.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Gesrethe has worked very hard to control her curse. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This light-skinned female wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Nagrette's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She likes to wear blue tank tops with grey skirt. She has a hunchback. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the left. She has blue eyes.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Gifted from a young age, Bimpnottin studied abroad. When Bimpnottin reached her early adolescence her Gnome mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 300 sp.