Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. He has purple hair. This red eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Assassin for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Tourmaline (60 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is light but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She wears her golden hair down. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Through the years after Liftrasa was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Liftrasa's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Military. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She keeps her black fur in a flapper bob. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with singing. She constantly tries to fill her life with singing. 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 several months after her mother was called into army service. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 90 gp. Amber (40 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her white hair is knotted and matted. Her ears are large.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. She carries with her a set of axes, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is short and silver. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Shava was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. After coming to the age of reason, Shava took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shava 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 wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Good lock.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. She is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around her ears. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Born to a Junk Dealer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He carries with him a set of longswords on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Tiefling culture. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and tiefling compassion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 4'4" and muscular, this southern man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Fletcher who has hired him part-time. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Fletcher. He has achieved small success as a Fletcher.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Bonds: Has a crush, Religious, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and is pretty ugly. He has moderate length black hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is an amazing painter.

History: Marbas was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon 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 desert due to the painful memories there. Marbas took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up greataxe and armor he uses now. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.