Description: This man is very fat, and prefers to wear flannel. His hair is short and black. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Raymond was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 4000 cp. Chrysoprase (50 gp).

Description: He dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with blue slacks, and he perpetually has his shield ready. His brown hair is heavily combed to the right. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Hoglik was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shield.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a white collared shirt and yellow pants. He accessorizes with a red scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt, he is not a threatening figure. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Ûgakûga has worked very hard to control his curse. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Elizabeth is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Elizabeth 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Tabaxi, and stands approximately 6'4". He wears a pastel armored body suit, with a simple red line shooting up and back down, and his gloved hand is found clutching a shortspear. His gray fur, when down, is lengthy. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Ugly. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. She is physically well-built. Her head has been shaved. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She hates Elves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears tattered old clothes. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Laborer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a pastel vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her pastel boots flare out at the collars. She sports a flattop fur cut. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 10 pp.