Description: This younger middle-aged man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Nelkin never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: This woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has wavy white hair. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Family, In love. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 200 gp. Obsidian (14 gp). 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her purple hair is thinning but still full. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born in a small forest village. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She is a Slaad in disguise. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bowyer.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Sporting a black mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has worked as a Hunter like her father before her.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 120 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is dressed in a clean white cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her auburn hair is lengthy. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. A gifted student she started as a Blacksmith, but she got bored and became a Doctor. She struck the Doctor job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job. Occupation: Doctor

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

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is wearing a tight grey one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 600 sp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a brown vest and prefers yellow and green shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He keeps his black fur in a pixie cut. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Karg was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Karg alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Karg was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is content

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 50 gp.