Description: Standing 5'3", this man tends to wear a grey poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Tim embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Tim was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Tim decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a white cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. Her long auburn hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. After a long history of fighting, Vorka and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a rapier on her belt. Her white hair is greasy and uncared for. She is baby faced.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. 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 north

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She carries a battered dagger and tarnished spear as well. Her chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has white eyes and a green hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born into a rich family. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Tieflings in Rieta's homeland. Rieta decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. 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: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her red robe. Her head has been shaved. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: 6'5" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her green robe. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. 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 is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Vanchu was born on a far southern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Mayor. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: He wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. He is physically well-built. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Traki will drive conversation. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature scimitar.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 70 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she usually wears her yellow robe and has her crossbow always slung over her shoulder. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

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 is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Masseuse. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Masseuse for the past few years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He sports a flattop hair cut. His skin is flawless and his gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 400 gp.