Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has chestnut hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Xappan is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Xappan was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. In his youth he was a Fletcher, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Xappan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Extrovert, Fighting. Flaws: Secretive, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has a long red ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Rosamund hails from a village terrorized by drow. In her 13th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Revenge; and she wants revenge against drow

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he dresses like a well dressed Bellfounder does. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bellfounder.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: Standing 4'2", this man wears dark leathers with embroidery. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Oskar hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Bloodstone (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Disciplined, Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, In love. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 290 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Insane. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her auburn hair is still thick. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Arara grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Arara. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Farmer. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

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 is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her fur is red, silky, and of moderate length. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears skinny pants and wears a black and grey robe with the hood down. She wears her chestnut hair up. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born into a rich family. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, goblins burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying north to reunite her family. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Amber (80 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.