Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many red ritualistic tattoos. She tends to wear a grey poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. 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 was born several months after her father was called into army service. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He prefers to wear flannel. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Ghâm is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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. 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. Ghâm 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 money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. He has no hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. 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: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).

Description: This western woman typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length blue crest. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady red eyes.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Born to a Gardener, her father struggled to pay the bills. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She struck the Fisher job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Gardener again; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and is pretty ugly. She keeps her white fur in a flapper bob. She has a dull look in her yellow eyes.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military, Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 sp. Jet (140 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He tends to wear a large black jacket. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. 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: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Glûk lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Butcher. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 600 sp. Banded agate (6 gp).

Description: She wears white trousers with pastel and black striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her black hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This dark-skinned female wears a simple blue robe with brown stripes complete with hood. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict, Cynical, Disease. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1700 sp. Eye agate (15 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Black opal (600 gp).

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'6" when asserting herself. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, drow burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying west to reunite her family. 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. Orla fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 50 gp.