Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. He has a very tight haircut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born in the west. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 100 sp. Red-brown spinel (160 gp).

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate, and he perpetually has his axe ready. He has no hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. 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: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a green tunic with red highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His silver eyes peer out from beneath his small green hat.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Balam was born the youngest of three triplets. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He is physically well-built. His brass crest is greasy and uncared for. His fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Sailor arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, and carries hammers. Her black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

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 claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Whurdred 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; and she is content

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Cynical, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 2000 cp. Freshwater pearl (9 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She wears her white hair down. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on her left hand. She wears a colorful flower in her white hair. Her eyes are white.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tiefling companion (her 'brother'). She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 300 gp. Banded agate (8 gp).

Description: He stands about 6'1" and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He has dyed his greying gray fur a little too much giving a sharp gray color. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and further expansion of business

Bonds: Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman dresses like a well dressed Performer does. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. Her childhood dream was to be a Interpreter, but she was a colossal failure. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and balancing her hectic life and new performer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 110 gp. Star rose quartz (20 gp).