Description: A 5'4" southern man, he dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with red slacks. His purple hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His fierce silver eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Xappan grew up listening to his father's many stories. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Gunter was born with his mother's beautiful face. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. 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. Gunter 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.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. After months of barely getting by, Nogu managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tiefling, and stands approximately 5'5". She wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is grey, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time, and her gloved hand is found clutching a longbow. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Orianna liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She bought a longbow and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 3200 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Red garnet (90 gp).

Description: She wears a simple red robe with grey stripes complete with hood. Her head has been shaved. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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 used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Doctor arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her red crest is thinning but still full. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by orcs. Gilkass was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away.

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She has a missing left arm. She wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around her neck, and a quarterstaff on her belt. She sports silver long hair. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has never given up on her music dream.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Impeccable. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 6000 cp. Tourmaline (60 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This northern woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has dyed her greying black crest a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady red eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the north were limited. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 700 sp. Blue quartz (9 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He wears dull blue sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed morningstar, just in case. He has a hunchback. His white hair is thinning but still full. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born in a small island village. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 100 sp.