Description: He dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a white coat with brown slacks, and he perpetually has his scythe ready. His hair is long and white with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Arannis was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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. Arannis 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 further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her black hair, when down, is lengthy. She has violet eyes.

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. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Ilga 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. She tends to her Map Maker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Selfish, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 500 sp. Moss agate (14 gp).

Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears a blue tunic with black highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around his shoes. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. He has amber eyes and a blue hat with a black feather.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He uses divination through singing.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Shipwright they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Priest, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Greedy. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 40 pp. 2 Acid flasks.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His black hair is thinning but still full. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Berrian alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears long strands of opal and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: Adam is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Adam alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Adam never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Extrovert, Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her tied-back hair is white. Her skin is flawless and her green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born in the west to a Priest, Ranala learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and expand her business

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job, Slave, Debt. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 20 gp. Violet garnet (300 gp).

Description: 6'9" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He tends to wear a green poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. This silver eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Andram was born the youngest of three triplets. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. After a long history of fighting, Andram and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'4". He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the right. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Varis embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: The child of a Stylist, who enjoyed hunting, Varis was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This dark-skinned male tends to wear a large blue jacket. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Adran lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dragonborn companion (his 'brother'). When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 sp. Jasper (50 gp).