Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, 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 brown fur is thinning but still full. He has gleaming, smiling copper eyes.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Serpent enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 250 gp. Black pearl (500 gp). Peridot (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and red handkerchief worn on her left side. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her bow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Merchant arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered west to less war torn lands. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This man is very fat, and tends to wear a blue poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His head has been shaved. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. 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: Born to a Unemployed, his father struggled to pay the bills. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. He has achieved small success as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 700 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp).

Description: She wears long strands of jet and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her auburn hair is wavy and long. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Bilga embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Orcs. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Bilga lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He wears baggy blue pantaloons and a grey scarf, and carries rapiers. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Nim was born with his mother's beautiful face. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Nim has worked very hard to control his curse. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Extrovert. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He prefers to wear blue clothing when he does not wear armor. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born in the south to a Bookbinder, Naill learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bookbinder.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 90 gp. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: She is a husky woman, who typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep red leather and dull brown iron scale mail. She has wavy brown hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the west. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 4 Smokesticks.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears brown trousers with grey and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His brown fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. His ears are large.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Pelt was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 3'5" and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 130 gp.