Description: This woman is very fat, and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a green shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and tan pants. His green crest is unkempt and raggedy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light red in addition to tight pants. With bright brown hair. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Bella was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. 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: To get a good night's sleep; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak. She is physically well-built. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Job, Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Norman was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Enemies, Rich, Military, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He carries with him a set of greatswords, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is cut close to his head. He is baby faced.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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: A deep hatred of illithids; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Pink pearl (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp).

Description: 4'11" and muscular, this southern woman dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her hair is chestnut and curly. She has gold eyes and a green hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. 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 at the edge of vast mountains. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon 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 mountains due to the painful memories there. Shava took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up shield and armor she uses now. She bought a shield and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 500 sp. Rhodochrosite (11 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He wears his black hair up. His fierce silver eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Ekemon is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ekemon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 11000 cp.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a white and pastel handkerchief worn on her right side. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her crossbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. She wears her brown hair down. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. 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: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 110 gp.