Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears skinny pants and wears a tan and brown robe with the hood down. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Kellen was born with his father's beautiful face. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, In love. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings, and is pretty ugly. Her hair is brown and curly. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it; and she wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His blonde hair is still thick. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born in the north. Cockaby was born on a far northern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Apothecary. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Terse, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he prefers to wear flannel. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the south were limited. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 140 gp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, yellow shirt, and green tie. His gold crest is thinning but still full. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gold eyes.

Personality: Patrin hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. 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 is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Brakka never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, In love, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: The child of a Tanner, who enjoyed hunting, Ilga was taken on many hunting expeditions. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is dressed in an above average manner. He keeps his long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. 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 poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Lorilla was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Lorilla and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 150 gp. Banded agate (12 gp).