Description: She has a large pastel mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her black robe. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her flail, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. She has done her best to style her orange fur to look like a famous performer. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born in the east to a Bricklayer, Pelt learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat, and is pretty ugly. Her chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her parents were killed by illithids in a raid when she was still a young child. The illithids captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge.

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has white hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: 4'8" and muscular, this northern woman wears a white shirt, with a tan mid length skirt with tan tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born in the north. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Engong fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears dull white sweaters, loose pastel pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed hand crossbow, just in case, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She has wavy red hair. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She got into the Sailor business at a young age. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Sailor. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Onyx (50 gp). Rose (50 gp).

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and usually wears his tan robe and has his lance always slung over his shoulder. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is red and very short. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 2500 sp. 1 Hourglass. 1 Good lock. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'0". She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has slicked back black hair. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Family, Religious, Attractive. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a green armored body suit, with a simple violet line shooting up and back down. His crest is copper and very short. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 70 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.