Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. She is physically well-built. Her hair is cut close to her head. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. 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: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and to unite with her sister

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. With bright auburn hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: The child of a Knight, who enjoyed hunting, Numba was taken on many hunting expeditions. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the island due to the painful memories there. Numba took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up crossbow and armor she uses now. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 260 gp. Sardonyx (30 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp).

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a yellow and black robe with the hood down, and she perpetually has her lance ready. Her long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

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. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born in the south. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rosalind fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. After a long history of fighting, Chaedi and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His hair is cut close to his head. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 5'10". He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a yellow coat, and his gloved hand is found clutching a kukri. Sporting a red mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. 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: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his warhammer, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has gleaming, smiling white eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 400 gp. Lapis lazuli (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull violet iron scale mail, marred by beers. His brown hair is braided into rings. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is an amazing painter.

History: Born to a Sailor, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings, and is pretty ugly. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is a great chef.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Lamlis liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 sp. Red spinel (100 gp).