Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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: Many gnolls want her driven away; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Slave, Enemies, Military, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 30 gp. Jet (130 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has wavy black hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing dancing.

History: Hatae was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She has worked as a Animal Trainer like her mother before her.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His dark red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Apothecary. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is obsessed with his god.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. Balam liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has achieved small success as a Apothecary.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and his religion dominates his actions

Bonds: Poor, Job, Religious, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

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

Possessions: 300 sp. Solid gold idol (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has no hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Nirgel hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Orc companion (his 'brother'). He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Baker

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears blue trousers with violet and tan striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Zanna was born the youngest of three triplets. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Opinionated, Philantrophist. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He carries with him a set of monstrous two handed axes, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around his ears. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Erdan was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Erdan's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has dyed his greying rusty crest a little too much giving a sharp rusty color. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Kerkad was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A freak accident while working with his Bounty Hunter mother left him crippled. He has achieved small success as a Doctor.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to be a bounty hunter again

Flaws: Greedy, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Doctor

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

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This dark-skinned male prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: He wears a red tunic with violet highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. He sports a flattop hair cut. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of orcs may trigger it at times.

History: Jak lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.